He was very sad to read of the sufferings of the beloved Burmese friends,
of the death of that bright star of the Faith, Siyyid Mustafa, and of the
murder of many other of the friends! At the same time his heart swelled
with pride when he saw that already the believers have re-assembled,
elected an Assembly, and started their school again. This shows how deep
their faith is, and presages a glorious future for the Cause there.
As you already know he has sent you a sum to be devoted to rebuilding the
Baha'i institutions, teaching the Faith, and assisting the friends who are
in desperate need. He has also invited other National Assemblies to
contribute to this fund, and thus assist your Assembly to carry out this
very important task of re-establishing a flourishing Community in Burma.
The Indian believers are finding themselves increasingly called upon to
shoulder heavy responsibilities; they are becoming more numerous, have
spread to many new centres, undertaken a large publishing program,
increased the number of their institutions, and are gradually becoming
known to their fellow-Indians as followers of a new and glorious Faith. In
view of this he feels your Assembly should constantly exhort the friends
to be more conscious of their duties, and to be very careful of having
differences of opinion which are so strong as to lead to disputes and thus
humiliate our beloved Faith in the eyes of non-Baha'is. The public is
beginning to observe them, and they must therefore conduct themselves at
all times as befits those who bear the glorious Name of Baha. They must be
forgetful of self, but ever mindful of the Cause of God!
[From the Guardian:]
The rehabilitation of the community of the sore-stricken believers
throughout Burma constitutes the most urgent task of the Indian believers,
and is a direct challenge which they cannot ignore or neglect. The
reconstitution of dissolved assemblies, the extension of relief to the
needy, the promotion of the teaching work, the dissemination of Baha'i
literature, the construction of the Haziras, the re-establishment of
schools and committees are all vitally urgent, and should be carried out
fully, systematically, and with the utmost speed. I long to hear of the
progress of your labours in this important field, upon which the future
welfare of the Burmese community depends, and with which the destinies of
the Indian believers are closely interwoven. I will pray from the depths
of my heart that your meritorious efforts may soon be crowned with
magnificent success.