r Baha'i Sister,

Your very cordial message of the 17th November addressed to our beloved
Guardian has duly reached him, and he has noted with keen appreciation
indeed the desire you had expressed of visiting the Holy Shrines on your
way back to New-Zealand.

As you must have surely read in the newspapers, however, the general
situation in Palestine is at present so gravely disturbed as to make it
quite impossible for you to undertake this trip in the next few months,
and in view of this the Guardian would advise that you postpone your visit
until the November of next year, by which time, it is hoped, the situation
throughout the country will have sufficiently improved to permit you to
undertake this long-cherished pilgrimage. The Guardian, needless to say,
would be also most delighted to meet you, and to hear from you directly of
the news of the Cause in New-Zealand, and to discuss certain matters which
the N.S.A.(7) has asked you to present to him for his instructions.

Regarding your question whether there is any special ceremony which the
believers should perform when they wish to "name" a baby; the Teachings do
not provide for any ceremony whatever on such occasions. We have no
"baptismal service" in the Cause, such as the Christians have. There would
be no objection, however, for the friends to come together on such happy
occasions, provided they do not hold an official public ceremony, and
provided also they strictly avoid uniformity and rigidity in all such
practices. No rule whatsoever that would tend to be rigid and uniform
should be allowed in such secondary matters, particularly as there are no
specific instructions in the Teachings regarding them.

With the warmest good wishes of the Guardian to you and to the friends,
and assuring you again of his hearty welcome to visit the Holy Shrines
during next autumn, and with greetings,

Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani

[From the Guardian:]

_Dear and valued co-worker:_

_I shall indeed grieve if the situation in Palestine should prevent our
meeting and prevent your pilgrimage to the Holy Shrines. I pray that this
may not be the case. I am so eager to meet you, and express in person my
deep and abiding sense of appreciation of the splendid and historic
services you have rendered. I will continue to pray for you from the
depths of my heart._

_Your true and grateful brother, _
_ Shoghi_

(35) March 20th, 1939

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