Dear Miss Brooks,
I am directed by the Guardian to acknowledge with thanks your Assembly's
communication of October 6th.
Regarding the need you have expressed for a small, inexpensive prayer book
for use by the friends in Australia and New Zealand; he views with favour
this idea, but does not advise the use of the translations given in the
Baha'i Prayer Book, as these are mostly incorrect and inadequate
renderings. He wishes you to preferably select from the book "Prayers and
Meditations", recently published in America, suitable prayers for a small
edition.
The Guardian wishes me to express his gratification at the news of the
enrolment of three new members in the Sydney Baha'i group, and of two
others in the Auckland community. He will pray that these new believers
may continue deepening in their faith, and in their understanding of the
Teachings, and that each of them may arise and lend every assistance in
his power to the further expansion and firmer consolidation of the Faith
in that far-off continent.
The three reproductions of the Sydney Registration Certificate which you
have mailed under separate cover have been duly received, and one of them
will shortly be placed in the Mansion at Bahji.
The projected visit of Miss Martha Root to your shores next winter, the
Guardian hopes, will as on her previous journeys serve to impart a fresh
stimulus to the friends in Australia and New-Zealand and inspire them with
a renewed determination to re-consecrate themselves to the service of the
Cause. Your Assembly should extend to her a warm welcome and every support
she requires for the success of her mission. May her noble endeavours,
seconded by the energetic and diligent efforts of the believers, result in
inaugurating a new era of teaching expansion throughout the Australian
continent.
With warmest greetings from the Guardian,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-workers:
The visit of our dear and cherished sister and exemplary co-worker,
Martha, to your shores is approaching and I feel confident that her
collaboration with you will lend an unprecedented impetus to the
advancement of the Faith. Laden with laurels, animated by an unquenchable
spirit, armed with a faith that none can surpass, she will, I feel sure,
contribute magnificently to the magnificent work her co-workers in
Australia and New Zealand have so valiantly achieved and are so
energetically and methodically extending. My prayers for you and for her
will continue to be offered with a heart filled with pride, joy and
gratitude.
Your true brother,
Shoghi.