The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahai Community Part 68

30 December 1951

APPROVE PLAN CELEBRATION CENTENARY.

SHOGHI

Letter of 8 January 1952 (Teaching Conference)

8 January 1952 (Teaching Conference)

a.s.sURE ATTENDANTS TEACHING CONFERENCE DEEPEST LOVING APPRECIATION a.s.sURANCE LOYALTY. APPEAL FERVENTLY ARISE DETERMINEDLY STIMULATE PIONEER ACTIVITY SAFEGUARD HARD-WON PRIZES CONSOLIDATE HOME FRONT REINFORCE AGENCIES ADMINISTRATIVE BASE ON WHICH SUCCESS AFRICAN CAMPAIGN INAUGURATION FUTURE PLANS EMBRACING BRITISH TERRITORIES OTHER CONTINENTS ULTIMATELY DEPEND SUPPLICATING ABUNDANT BLESSING.

SHOGHI

Letter of 16 January 1952

16 January 1952(61)

DELIGHTED APPROVE TALKS HANDS LOVING APPRECIATION.

SHOGHI

Letter of 13 February 1952

13 February 1952

Dear Baha'i Brother,

Our beloved Guardian has instructed me to write you the following:

He wishes the British National a.s.sembly to please do all they can to watch over the two young sons of our dear friends, Mr. and Mrs. ..., in view of the fact that the youngest boy is little more than a child, he needs particularly to have his spiritual welfare safeguarded through as much contact as possible with believers.

The wonderful services this devoted and self-sacrificing father and mother are rendering the Faith have forced them to be separated from their children, and hence the Guardian requests your a.s.sembly to please take special care of the boys.

We are all very happy to have ... here, and they have brought most heartening reports of the progress of the work in Africa with them....

Letter of 20 February 1952

20 February 1952(62)

GRIEVE TRAGIC LOSS PRAYING FERVENTLY BEHALF DEPARTED.

SHOGHI

Letter of 29 February 1952

29 February 1952

...ADVISE BUILD UP KENYA. URGE FORMATION a.s.sEMBLIES KAMPALA DAR-ES-SALAAM.

APPROVE SPECIAL SESSIONS FOR NATIONAL a.s.sEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES OUTSIDE CONFERENCE.

SHOGHI

Letter of 4 March 1952

4 March 1952

Africa Committee of the National Spiritual a.s.sembly.

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your letter of the 18th of February, with enclosures, has reached the beloved Guardian; and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

He is very pleased over the progress being made, particularly in Uganda; and the recent pilgrimage of the dear Bananis, he feels sure, will add a great impetus to the work there.

Regarding the matters of policy you raised in your letter, he sees no objection to the Persian Baha'is,-as long as there are so many of them, and it is unwise to concentrate too many applicants on one country at one time as you point out,-going to countries under the jurisdiction of other National Spiritual a.s.semblies, such as Egypt and India.

He considers that it is of the greatest importance that pioneers should have upright characters, as well as some considerable knowledge of the Teachings. We cannot expect that every pioneer will be a person of importance; but we must hope that each one will be a person of worth, in his own character. This should be pointed out to the Indian friends.

India should likewise make an effort to send pioneers primarily to the territories embraced in its own part of the Plan; but if they can make available to your committee for British territory, some qualified Indian Baha'is, who for some reason cannot go to one of the Indian National a.s.sembly's a.s.signments, then there is no objection.

The Guardian thinks that it is wise not to influence ... by sending him material which he does not at present wish to receive. He is, judging from his letter, a sincere but immature believer....

P.S. Your National a.s.sembly is not responsible for Eritrea but you may encourage any believers there.

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