February 15th, 1939.
Dear Miss Brooks:
Your letter of January 17th, enclosing one addressed to the Guardian by
the Sydney Spiritual Assembly, have both duly arrived, and their contents
read by him with deepest satisfaction and with feelings of unbounded
gratitude.
He is writing the Sydney Assembly separately, assuring them that Miss
Davis who is on a world tour, would be most welcome to visit the Holy
Shrines in Haifa and Bahji, but he himself is exceedingly sorry not to be
able to meet her, as he is at present away from the Holy Land, and may not
be back to Haifa before some time. He hopes, nevertheless, Miss Davis will
benefit from her close contact with the Sacred Places of the Faith, and
will gain such experiences as will stimulate still further her interest in
the Cause, and lead her gradually to fully and unreservedly embrace its
truth.
Regarding the extensive preparations made by the N.S.A. in connection with
the teaching travels of our indefatigable and highly-esteemed Baha'i
sister Miss Martha Root throughout Australia and New-Zealand; the Guardian
feels truly delighted and profoundly grateful to your Assembly for the
befitting welcome you have extended to her, and for the arrangements you
have made for her to broadcast her speeches, and to contact as many
individuals and organisations as her time and health permit. You are
certainly fully availing yourself of the opportunity of her presence in
your midst to further intensify the campaign of teaching throughout
Australia, and you can rest assured that Baha'u'llah will reinforce and
bless your endeavours for the accomplishment of so vital and so sacred a
task.
The draft for thirty pounds which you had enclosed in your letter,
representing the contribution of the believers of Australia and
New-Zealand toward the International Fund of the Cause, has been received
with grateful appreciation by our beloved Guardian, and he wishes your
Assembly to kindly convey to all the friends his deep sense of gratitude,
as well as his profound admiration, for the exemplary devotion and loyal
attachment to the Cause that has prompted them to make such generous
donations.
With renewed and heartfelt thanks for your very kind letter, and
reciprocating your greetings,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dearly-beloved co-workers:
I am so glad and grateful for the plans you have conceived for the
reception, and organisation of the work, of Martha during her visit to
your shores. The community of the believers in Australia and New Zealand
is making remarkable progress in every phase of its activities, and
deserves the highest praise in its magnificent and incessant labours. I am
proud of the quality of its faith and the range of its achievements. May
the Beloved infuse into each one of its members a greater measure of His
power and of His spirit that will enable them to seek nobler heights in
their historic service to His Cause!
Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.