[From the Guardian:]
Your most welcome letter has rejoiced my heart, and has redoubled my
confidence and hope in that little band of earnest and ardent followers of
the Baha'i Faith who labour so devotedly for the diffusion of the Light of
Baha'u'llah throughout the world.
The glowing account you give me of your recent efforts and activities to
extend and consolidate the Campaign of Service in that land has been
shared with the resident friends and pilgrims in the Holy Land, and
incorporated in the circular letters which the Haifa Spiritual Assembly
addresses to the Baha'i world. It will send, I am sure, a thrill of
enthusiasm and courage throughout the body of the friends the world over,
and will serve to strengthen the ties that bind us all to you, our beloved
co-workers in that far-eastern land!
I am looking forward with the greatest interest, to the time when your
high hopes will have been fully realized, your plans fulfilled and your
selfless efforts crowned with glorious success. It is my fervent hope and
prayer that your endeavours to constitute a Central Council for all Burma,
and establish a Baha'i Magazine, exclusively devoted to the progress of
the work in that province, will soon bear abundant fruit, and will stand a
testimony to the efficiency, the energy and the zeal of the beloved
Burmese friends.
May our loving and ever-watchful Master, guide and protect you in all the
services you are so whole-heartedly tendering to His sacred Threshold, and
may He enable you to contribute your full share in carrying out His Great
Purpose for mankind! This is my prayer for you all whenever I visit the
Three Holy Shrines, and I feel certain that He will not fail to answer it,
if we but hold fast to those principles for which He lived, laboured and
died.