Nothing, I dare say, can be more encouraging and gladsome to Shoghi
Effendi than the news of the activities of the friends in such a vast and
promising field as India. In the last few years the harvest of the
friends' endeavours was not as rich and abundant as we all would wish and
undoubtedly the political throes through which India has been passing and
the general unrest which such conditions have brought about, account to a
large measure for this comparative unfruitfulness in the self-sacrificing
efforts of the Indian Baha'is. Yet nothing must damp our zeal and we
cannot for a moment doubt the remarkable change that the Master said would
take place in that country.
We have been all very much interested in the first-hand information which
Mrs. Stannard has given us and we lament the formidable difficulties and
obstacles with which the Baha'is must cope in their effort to imbue the
individual with a new spirit and to bring new measures of reform in the
social order. We shall, however, pray for you all and eagerly await every
good news you have to share with us.
[From the Guardian:]
I always eagerly await detailed and frequent reports from the National
Assembly and desire strongly its members to meet as often as possible and
actively, efficiently and constantly direct, co-ordinate and reinforce the
activities of the individuals and Local Assemblies throughout India and
Burma. I thirst for more specific information and urge its secretary to
ensure that every communication from the Holy Land or from any other
Baha'i centre is promptly and widely distributed. I assure you of my
loving prayers.