Dear Baha'i Friend,
The Guardian has deeply appreciated your message dated April 10th, and he
has asked me to convey to you once more his grateful thanks for the
services you are so continually rendering the Faith in your centre. The
gratifying news has just reached him of the opening of the first
Convention of the Baha'is of Australia and New-Zealand, and needless to
say how deeply he was moved by this historic step you have been inspired
to take for the consolidation of the Administration in your country. He
feels confident that through such remarkable evidences of the
self-sacrificing, heroic and united efforts of the Australian and New
Zealand believers an increasing number of hitherto skeptical and
unfriendly people will be gradually attracted to the Faith, and some of
them will eventually join the ranks of the faithful.
Assuring you again of the Guardian's fervent prayers for the continued
expansion of your Baha'i activities, and with his best wishes and
greetings to you and to all the friends in Adelaide,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-worker:
I rejoice to learn of the momentous step the Baha'is of Australia and
New-Zealand have taken. They will surely be reinforced by the hosts of the
Kingdom, and deserve the praise and admiration of their fellow-believers
throughout the world. Constancy, co-operation, unity and steadfast
adherence to the spiritual and administrative principles of the Faith are
essential during these days when the foundations of the Universal House of
Justice are being laid through your devoted efforts in your own country. I
will continue to pray for you from the depths of my heart.
Your true brother,
Shoghi.