Dear Miss Brooks,
Your detailed communication of July 14th written on behalf of the N.S.A.
of Australia and New-Zealand, together with its enclosures have all duly
arrived, and their contents read with deepest interest and appreciation by
our beloved Guardian. Also the photographs and blocks have duly reached
him, as well as the local Assembly reports sent under separate cover.
Please accept his most sincere and grateful thanks for them all.
Regarding the proposed News Letter to be issued every three months by your
N.S.A; this, the Guardian feels, is a splendid idea and can render a
unique and much-needed help to your Assembly in its efforts for the
establishment of the Administration, and the more effective functioning of
its institutions throughout Australia and New-Zealand. Not only it has the
great advantage of keeping the friends well-informed about the events and
developments in the Cause, but in addition can help in consolidating the
organic unity of the believers by bringing them within the full orbit of
the N.S.A.'s jurisdiction. It is hoped that this body will do its utmost
to maintain the publication of this bulletin, and will make full use of
this splendid medium for the further widening and consolidation of the
foundations of the local as well as national assemblies.
As regards Mrs. ...'s request that you assist her in her project of
uniting the believers through correspondence; this is of course a task
which is quite secondary compared to the duties and responsibilities you
are called upon to discharge as secretary of the N.S.A. Your secretarial
work in that body imposes upon you a paramount obligation which no other
service can equal in importance. All your other Baha'i activities should
be subordinated to your work in the N.S.A. which is, undoubtedly, the most
vital and urgent among them all.
Concerning the Greatest Name; this term refers both to "Allah-u-Abha" and
to "Ya Baha'u'l-Abha". The first is a form of Baha'i greeting and should
be used, while the other is an invocation, meaning "O Thou Glory of
Glories!" These two words are both referred to as the Greatest Name.
The Guardian, while fully aware of the difficulties, both financial and
otherwise which your N.S.A. is facing in connection with the publication
of the "Herald of the South", feels nevertheless the urge to advise you to
continue with this magazine and not to feel in the least discouraged if
your efforts for meeting the expenses incurred for its printing and
circulation, and for raising its literary standard, do not bring the
expected results. He very deeply values the self-sacrificing and sustained
efforts exerted by your Assembly in this connection. May Baha'u'llah
richly reward you for all your meritorious endeavours.
With warmest Baha'i Greetings,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-worker:
The work in which your National Assembly is engaged, and which it is
prosecuting with such fidelity, diligence and perseverance is near and
dear to my heart. You are laying an unassailable foundation for the
erection of mighty Baha'i institutions which future generations are
destined to extend and perfect. Your pioneer work is arduous and highly
meritorious. I feel proud of your achievements, realizing as I do the
circumstances in which you labour. 'Abdu'l-Baha is watching over you and
is well-pleased with your services. Persevere and rest assured.
Affectionately,
Shoghi.