July 12th, 1939.
Dear Miss Brooks,
On behalf of our beloved Guardian I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of
your deeply-appreciated message written on behalf of our Australian
N.S.A., and of various materials, including Assembly reports and
photographs of the Yerrinbool Summer-School, mailed under separate cover,
all of which reached him safely, and for which kindly convey his heart's
deepest gratitude to your Assembly.
He has read with great pleasure the account of Miss Root's last few weeks
in Australia, and feels exceedingly gratified and thankful at this renewed
evidence of the loving hospitality so spontaneously and generously
extended to her by all the friends in each center she visited, and wishes
me, in particular, to convey to you and to dear Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne his
special thanks for having kindly offered to accompany our precious and
well-beloved sister throughout the last stages of her journey to Melbourne
and Tasmania. May Baha'u'llah richly reward you with His choicest
blessings for all the tender care and affection you lavished upon her all
through her teaching itinerary, and may He sustain, strengthen and guide
you in your endeavours to further enrich and consolidate the notable
teaching results she was able to accomplish in your midst during all these
months.
The Guardian was highly encouraged to hear of the news of the confirmation
of Miss Lamprill's friend, and earnestly hopes and prays that through the
combined, sustained, and loving exertions of these two dear believers the
Cause will gradually make a headway in Hobart, and a group of
well-confirmed souls will soon be established in that center. Kindly
convey to these friends the expression of his warmest good wishes for the
extension and success of their labours in service to our beloved Faith,
and do urge them whole-heartedly, joyously and confidently persevere in
their task of promulgating the message in Hobart.
With regard to Mrs. Routh's request for permission to visit Haifa; much as
the Guardian desires her to undertake such longed for visit to the Holy
Shrines, he feels that owing to the continued disturbances agitating the
Holy Land, and which give no sign of abating, it would be inadvisable for
her to come at such a dangerous time. He hopes some day when the situation
will have returned to normal in Palestine, she will have an opportunity of
undertaking this pilgrimage.
Assuring you, and your newly-elected fellow-members in the N.S.A. of his
continued prayers and best wishes, and with affectionate greetings to all
the friends,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-workers:
The recent evidences of your marvellous activities in the service of our
beloved Faith have brought infinite joy to my heart. The institutions you
are so devotedly and laboriously erecting, multiplying and perfecting,
notwithstanding your limited numbers, the scarcity of Baha'i teachers and
proper facilities, and despite your limited resources and the varied
obstacles in your way, attest the splendid progress you have achieved and
augur well for the future of your historic work in His service. The
summer-school is but one of those institutions which you have established
with such a rare spirit of devotion, such magnificent loyalty and such
assiduous care. The foundation you have laid is broad, solid and
unassailable. The rising generation who will build upon it will extol your
virtues, ennoble your task, preserve the record of your acts, and transmit
to posterity the great tradition which you are now so happily and nobly
establishing. My heart brims over with gratitude for all that you are
achieving, and is filled with hopes for all that you will achieve in the
near and distant future. Perseverance, fidelity, redoubled effort, will
enable you to reap a rich harvest and to attain your shining goal.
Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.