Letter of December 6, 1928. The Promises of Our Departed Master Regeneration of Persia Bahá’í Faith Vindicated in Turkey Our Most Vital Opportunity ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Cherished Desire Plan of Unified Action Letter of December 6, 1928. The Bahá’í World Letter of December 21, 1928. Mr. Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney Letter of January 1, 1929. Persecutions in Russia Guiding Principle of Conduct Bahá’u’lláh’s House at Baghdád Letter of February 12, 1929. Trial of Turkish Believers Decline of Islám Progress in Persia Letter of March 20, 1929. Decision of League of Nations Letter of October 25, 1929. Gift from Tomb of Bahá’u’lláh Purpose of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár Letter of July 17, 1932. PART ONE: EXCERPTS FROM THE WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ “All-praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath...” All-praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath guarded the Temple of His Cause from the darts of doubtfulness, Who by the Hosts of His Testament hath preserved the Sanctuary of His Most Beneficent Law and protected His Straight and Luminous Path, staying thereby the onslaught of the company of Covenant-breakers, that have threatened to subvert His Divine Edifice; Who hath watched over His Mighty Stronghold and All-glorious Faith, through the aid of men whom the slander of the slanderer affects not, whom no earthly calling, glory and power can turn aside from the Covenant of God and His Testament, established firmly by His clear and manifest words, writ and revealed by His All-glorious Pen and recorded in the Preserved Tablet. Salutation and praise, blessing and glory rest upon that primal branch of the Divine and Sacred Lote-Tree, grown out, blest, tender, verdant and flourishing from the Twin Holy Trees; the most wondrous, unique and priceless pearl that doth gleam from out the twin surging seas; upon the offshoots of the Tree of Holiness, the twigs of the Celestial Tree, they that in the Day of the Great Dividing have stood fast and firm in the Covenant; upon the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of God that have diffused widely the Divine Fragrances, declared His Proofs, proclaimed His Faith, published abroad His Law, detached themselves from all things but Him, stood for righteousness in this world, and kindled the Fire of the Love of God in the very hearts and souls of His servants; upon them that have believed, rested assured, stood steadfast in His Covenant and followed the Light that after my passing shineth from the Dayspring of Divine Guidance—for behold! he is the blest and sacred bough that hath branched out from the Twin Holy Trees. Well is it with him that seeketh the shelter of his shade that shadoweth all mankind. “O ye beloved of the Lord! The greatest of all things is the...”