I am eagerly looking forward to your sending me in manuscript form the
projected Baha'i Year Book, that I may be enabled to contribute my share
in rendering it as comprehensive, as attractive, and as authoritative as
possible. I strongly advise you to combine in a judicious manner the two
methods outlined in this connection in your letter of September 2, 1925. A
short, concise and forceful account of the primary objects, as well as of
the principles underlying the worldwide administration of the Cause,
together with a brief description of various features of the present day
administration of its activities, supplemented with a not-too-detailed
survey of the actual accomplishments and plans evolved in the current
year, would serve to acquaint the outsider with the purpose and the
achievements of the Cause, and provide sufficient material that would be
edifying and helpful to the active believers whether in the East or in the
West....
The Greatest Holy Leaf desires me to convey in her name to the esteemed
members of the Green Acre Fellowship the expression of her cordial thanks
and sincere appreciation in having been made a life member of the said
Fellowship. She assures them of her prayers for the success of this noble
institution as well as for the spiritual advancement of its individual
members.
Recent developments in the Holy Land have led various organizations in the
Jewish world to contemplate seriously the early possibility of
transferring to Palestine's sacred soil the mortal remains of certain
prominent founders and leaders of Jewish thought, and Mount Carmel, which
next to Akka's Most Holy Shrine is the most cherished object of Baha'i
veneration, has been cited on various occasions as a permanent and most
befitting burial ground for their illustrious dead. Surely the Baha'is of
the world, ever on the alert and with an eye to the future, will, no
matter how pressed by financial obligations, arise while there is yet time
to contribute each his share in securing for posterity such land as lies
in close proximity to the Holy Shrine--an area the acquisition of which in
time will prove indispensable if the sublime vision of 'Abdu'l-Baha is to
be realized. I appeal to you, and through you to every earnest and
conscientious believer, to safeguard in particular the land extending
southward from these Shrines which now, alas! is gravely exposed to the
assaults of covetous and speculating interests. I am loth to press further
claims on friends who have displayed so magnificent a spirit of
self-sacrifice on several occasions in the past, but I feel the urge of a
sacred and impelling responsibility to call your attention to what I
conceive to be one of the worldwide issues of the greatest moment
requiring a prompt, generous and collective response. I may add that
whatever land is purchased will be registered in the name of the
contributor, and I would therefore request every contributing believer to
forward together with his donation such power of attorney as will legally
empower me to transact in his name and on his behalf the purchase of the
plot he desires to acquire. It would be desirable to forward small
contributions to the National Spiritual Assembly, who will then decide
upon the manner in which the transaction should be conducted.