The letters which our able and devoted friend, Mr. Horace Holley, has
addressed in your behalf to the Greatest Holy Leaf and myself have all
been received, and, together with their enclosures, read with the closest
attention. It is indeed highly gratifying to observe that notwithstanding
the strain and stress of the critical period through which our beloved
Cause is passing, the elected representatives of the friends in America
have, with unflinching faith, undaunted courage, and conspicuous ability,
persevered in their task and fulfilled their arduous duties.
The splendid contribution you have made to the efforts of your
fellow-workers in England in connection with the Conference on the Living
Religions within the British Empire, we all heartily appreciate and regard
as a fresh evidence of the growing power and solidarity of the Cause of
God. Both in the admirable paper which you arranged to be drafted and
prepared, and in the person of your devout, trusted and talented
President, who performed his duty with absolute fidelity and high
distinction, you have rendered the Cause of Baha'u'llah a fresh and
distinguished service. May the results achieved lend a fresh impetus to
the onward march of the Cause in the West.
The recent measures you have adopted in view of the necessity of promoting
fuller confidence and a greater measure of understanding and cooperation
between the body of the believers and the local and National Assemblies,
will, I am confident, be of the greatest value, and indicate clearly that
you are fully aware of the true position, the privileges and
responsibilities of every Baha'i Assembly.