The travels and other services of the Hands of the Cause of
God continually evoke our thankfulness and delight, even wonder and
astonishment. Their deeds are such as to eclipse the acts of the apostles of
old and to confer eternal splendour on this period of the Formative Age. On
behalf of all the friends everywhere, we offer them our reverent love and
gratitude. It is fitting to record here the passing, after seventy years'
exemplary service to the Faith, of the Hand of the Cause Agnes Alexander, whose
early services in Hawaii were said by the Master to be greater than if she had
founded an empire. (The Universal House of Justice, Ridvan 1971 message to the
Baha’i World; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’) (To
read the entire message please visit Messages to the Baha’i World Community –by the Universal House of Justice)
