Dear Miss Brooks,
Your communications dated April 22nd and August 23rd written on behalf of
the N.S.A. of Australia and New-Zealand with the enclosed reports have all
been safely received, and their contents noted with feelings of deepest
satisfaction and gratitude by our beloved Guardian.
Also he has received the copy of the Mittagong Star, the reproduction of
registration certificate, the three snaps and the three photographs which
you had mailed under separate cover, for all of which he wishes you to
heartily thank the N.S.A. on his behalf.
He wishes you, in particular, to convey his warmest greetings and
congratulations to the members of the newly-elected N.S.A., whose names he
has been very pleased to note, and to assure them of his prayers for their
guidance and confirmation in the discharge of their heavy and sacred
duties and responsibilites throughout this year. Despite the sorrow and
distress created by the war, and the heavy sacrifices it is increasingly
imposing upon the community of the faithful throughout Australia and
New-Zealand, he confidently hopes that your Assembly, with the help and
support of all the believers in that land, will continue prosecuting, with
the same devoted zeal, resourcefulness and determination as before, its
twofold task of extending the scope of the teaching work, and of further
consolidating the foundations of the Administration. The unity and
efficiency with which it has been functioning in the past year, as
attested by the rich record of its accomplishments, indeed augur well for
the future of its activities, and it is the Guardian's fervent hope that,
notwithstanding the delay and dislocation which the prosecution of the war
has inevitably occasioned, it will continue to advance and prosper, and
receive unforseen opportunities of spreading and of strengthening the
foundations of the Cause throughout that far-off Continent.
In this time of world calamity his thoughts and prayers are often with our
dearly-beloved friends in Australia and New Zealand, and he is ardently
supplicating Baha'u'llah, on their behalf, that He may bestow upon them
such measure of His guidance, protection and strength as would enable them
to courageously and successfully meet the tests and trials of the days
ahead.
Assuring you, in closing, of his special prayers on your own behalf, and
reciprocating your greetings,
Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear co-worker:
The report of your activities and of those of your fellow-workers,
undertaken at such a time, and despite such difficulties and with such a
courage, devotion, determination, thoroughness and fidelity, deserves
indeed the highest praise and constitutes a powerful evidence of the
unconquerable Spirit and the ever-extending range, and the ever-deepening
influence of the Cause of Baha'u'llah. Your work is surely blessed by Him,
and your fellow-labourers in distant lands derive great encouragement and
inspiration from the incessant and remarkable efforts you are so devotedly
exerting. Persevere and rest assured that I will, with increasing fervour,
pray on your behalf at the Holy Shrines,
Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.