[Gutenberg 19274] • Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand

An excerpt from the book -

Upon my return, after a forced and prolonged absence, to the Holy Land, it

is my first and most ardent wish to renew and strengthen those ties of

brotherly love and fellowship that bind our hearts together in our common

servitude to His Sacred Threshold.

The two years that have elapsed since the passing of our beloved Master

have been for the Cause, as well as for mankind, years of deep anxiety and

strain. The momentous changes that are taking place in the history of both

have proved so swift and far-reaching as to arouse in certain hearts a

strange misgiving as to their stability and future.

On one hand the remarkable revelations of the Beloved's Will and Testament

so amazing in all its aspects, so emphatic in its injunctions, have

challenged and perplexed the keenest minds, whilst the ever-increasing

confusion of the world, threatened as never before with disruptive forces,

fierce rivalries, fresh commotions and grave disorder, have well-nigh

overwhelmed the heart and damped the zeal of even the most enthusiastic

believers in the destiny of mankind.