Dear Miss Brooks,
I am instructed by the Guardian to inform you of the receipt of your
letter of the 2nd January, and of the enclosed reports of the Adelaide and
Auckland spiritual assemblies, and to renew to you, and through you to
your fellow-members in the N.S.A., his grateful appreciation of the warm
welcome you have so lovingly extended to that dear and distinguished
servant of the Cause Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher during his visit to
Australia and New-Zealand. It is his fervent hope that the spirit his
visit has released will long serve to sustain the friends in their heavy
task of expanding the foundations of the Administrative Order throughout
that continent.
Regarding Mr. Bolton's question as to whether the Guardian has given any
instructions to the friends as to the best way to make their investments
secure during the coming world crisis; I am instructed to inform you that
no such directions have been given either to any individual believer or to
any assembly. The only advice which the Guardian wishes to give is that
whatever investment the friends make they should do it with the utmost
caution, as economic and financial conditions are at present most unstable
and even precarious.
Shoghi Effendi has been very deeply grieved to learn of Mr. ...'s
resignation from both the N.S.A. and the Sydney local Assembly, and of his
request to leave altogether the Cause. He wishes me, however, to assure
your Assembly not to feel discouraged at this truly sad happening, but to
confidently strive to bring him back into the community. Should he
persistently refuse to return, the best thing would be to leave him to
himself, and to pray for him that Baha'u'llah may, in His infinite mercy
and love, open again his eyes, and lead him out of the state of spiritual
lethargy into which he has so sadly fallen.
With the assurance of the Guardian's best wishes, and of his continual
prayers for you, and for your distinguished fellow-members in the N.S.A.,
Yours Sincerely in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and prized co-worker:
I am delighted with the progress of your activities and with your splendid
achievements in both the teaching and administrative spheres of Baha'i
service. The National Spiritual Assembly is laying a firm and unassailable
foundation for the administrative Order of the Faith, and I wish to
congratulate all its members and committees on the marvellous progress
thus far achieved. I will continue to pray for them from all my heart. I
will specially supplicate for the success of this coming Convention. May
your hopes be fulfilled in every respect.
Gratefully and affectionately,
Shoghi.