Dear Baha'i Sister,
The Guardian has read with great care and interest your letter of the 24th
of March last, and has noted with deep satisfaction the steady progress
which your N.S.A. is making since its formation last year. He is
particularly pleased and encouraged to realise how wisely and effectively
your Assembly is adjusting itself to the general conditions and specific
requirements of the Cause in Australia and New-Zealand, to such an extent
that obstacles which a year ago seemed to be insurmountable have now,
through the sustained and earnest efforts of the friends, been partially
if not completely removed. Your Assembly has, indeed, truly vindicated its
ability and power to function as a well-organized and united body, and
this in the face of manifold difficulties which the all-conquering spirit
of the Faith could alone overcome. Nothing short of this Divine spirit, as
expressed through the self-sacrificing and confident labours of the
Australian and New-Zealand friends, could have so effectively subdued
those forces which every now and then threatened to undermine the
foundations of your Assembly, and thus overthrow the entire system of the
Administration in your land.
Now that the N.S.A. has successfully emerged out of these difficulties and
trials, the Guardian has every reason to believe that the progress thus
far achieved will continue undiminished and undeterred by any obstacle,
however formidable it may seem to appear.
In his moments of meditation and prayer at the Holy Shrines he will
specially supplicate for the guidance and assistance of the N.S.A. and
will supplicate Baha'u'llah to inspire its members in all their
deliberations.
With his warmest and most loving appreciation and greetings to them and to
all the friends in Adelaide.
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-worker:
I fully approve of the decisions arrived at by your assembly regarding the
various issues referred to in your letter, and feel gratified to learn of
the zeal, the constancy, the loyalty and the determination with which the
national representatives of the believers in Australia and New-Zealand are
prosecuting the noble work entrusted to them by the Almighty. I would urge
you to take the necessary steps for the incorporation of your national
assembly as soon as you adopt your Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, and I
pray that the almighty hand of Baha'u'llah may guide and sustain you in
your high and historic endeavours.
Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.