He was surely very sorry to hear of the passing away of your
father who was such an old and devoted servant of the Cause. Such persons, at
their passing, proceed to the presence of Baha’u’llah and partake of His
infinite blessings and divine bounties. They enter into a state which, should
we only have the eye to see, we would envy and earnestly desire. It is only
because we ignore the beautiful and glorious life of the world beyond that we
seem attached to our earthly abode and often forget the goal of our very
existence here. (From a letter dated May 14, 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to an individual believer; 'Dawn of a New Day')
