I am addressing you these few lines on behalf of our beloved Guardian to
ask you to kindly inform your fellow-members in the Indian N.S.A. of the
happy news of the projected visit of dear Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher to
India, and to request you to take any step that your Assembly deems
advisable in order to make his journey as fruitful and abundant in its
results as possible.
Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher is not in need of any introduction, as his long
and manifold services to the Cause in America and particularly his
generous and unfailing support of the local, national as well as
international Baha'i funds, have endeared him to all the friends, whether
in the East or in the West.
For many years he has been a member of the American N.S.A. and he
contributed no small part in the steady development and consolidation of
the Administration ever since the early days of its establishment in the
States. He is indeed an outstanding champion of the Administration not
only in America but also in the West, and has proved in deeds his profound
attachment and loyalty to all its principles, laws and institutions.
His name will be ever associated with the beloved Temple in Wilmette. Had
it not been for the continued and whole-hearted support, both financial
and moral, which he so generously extended to it, that edifice could have
never been reared so steadily and efficiently. The friends will always
remember with deep gratitude the eminent services he has rendered the
Faith in this connection.
In view of these labours so devotedly accomplished, the Guardian wishes
your Assembly to urge the friends to draw full benefit from Mr.
Schopflocher's visit to India. He is confident that you will extend to him
a most hearty welcome, and will, through association with him, draw fresh
strength and inspiration in your arduous labours for the Cause.