Dear Miss Brooks,
On behalf of the Guardian I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your
letter of the 17th February with the enclosed report of the Sydney local
assembly, and wish to express his gratification at the news of the
progress which that community is making in the teaching work. He has noted
with deep satisfaction that two new names have been added to their
membership roll, and hopes that this step will mark the beginning of a new
era of teaching expansion throughout that center. He wishes you to kindly
congratulate the Sydney Assembly for this splendid success which their
teaching efforts have won, and to urge them to continue in their
endeavours for the attraction and confirmation of New Souls. May the
Beloved aid, sustain and ever bless them in His service.
The Guardian is delighted to learn that the necessary arrangements for the
holding of your next Annual Convention have been completed, and while he
deplores the fact that owing to the long distances that separate the
centers full attendance at this national gathering would not be feasible,
he nevertheless hopes that it will be a most successful meeting, and will
be marked all through by a perfect spirit of unity and fellowship. He
wishes you to assure the delegates of his prayers for the success of their
deliberations, and to convey to them his warmest greetings and best wishes
for a happy Ridvan.
Yours ever in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
P.S. Shoghi Effendi wishes me to express his thanks for the four
reproductions of the Adelaide Assembly registration form and trust which
you had enclosed in your letter, one of which he has ordered to be placed
in Baha'u'llah's Mansion at Bahji, and another one he wishes to
incorporate in the manuscript of the next "Baha'i World" (vol. VII).