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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
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Pages 39-40
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(26) December 22nd, 1934
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Dear Bahá'í Sister,
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The Guardian was profoundly grieved to learn of the
passing away of your dear mother, and has directed me to
convey to you and to the bereaved members of your family,
his heartfelt condolences and sympathy for this severe loss
which you have sustained.
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Mrs Blundell's departure is, indeed, a loss not only to
her family, but also to the community of her fellow-believers
in New Zealand. For in her they have come to lose one of
their oldest and most distinguished co-workers.
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The Guardian well remembers her pilgrimage to the
Holy Land, and has always cherished the hope that she would
once more be enabled to visit the shrines. But alas, her departed
soul has taken its flight from this world, leaving her
friends and relatives in a state of profoundest grief. Their
only consolation now is the realization that through her
painstaking and sustained labours for the Cause in Auckland
Mrs Blundell has left an abiding monument to her memory,
and one which will continue for many years to come to inspire
and strengthen them all in their collective endeavours for the
establishment of the Faith in New Zealand.
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Shoghi Effendi is fervently praying for the soul of our
departed sister, and is entreating Bahá'u'lláh to give her her
full share of divine blessings in the other world.
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May I also assure you of his ardent supplications for
you, and for all the friends in Auckland.
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Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani
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