ed as they would eventually lead to entanglements that
would be not only futile but positively harmful. As regards the Persian
Section: I feel that in view of the severe restrictions imposed on the
friends in Persia its temporary suspension would be well-advised,
particularly as it makes such a disproportionate demand on the meagre
resources of the friends in America.

The increasing efforts displayed by my beloved brothers and sisters in
America, both individually and collectively, and the action taken by you
in constituting regional Teaching Committees are of vital importance to
the spread of the Cause in the present stage of our work. I feel that we
should all collaborate in widening its scope, intensifying its influence,
assuring its continuity, and endeavoring to subordinate every other
activity to this most urgent and vital task. It is our bounden duty to do
all in our power to give the Cause from day to day a fuller publicity, to
maintain and stimulate the interest aroused, and to concentrate at the
same time our attention on a chosen few, endeavoring tactfully and
persistently to make of them earnest and unreserved supporters of the
Baha'i Faith.

I am deeply conscious of the manifold and unavoidable difficulties that
confront you in your labors for the administration of the affairs of the
Cause. Vast distances; personal professional preoccupations; insufficient
number of capable and experienced teachers, unhampered by the necessity of
earning their means of livelihood; the inadequacy of the means at your
disposal, financial and otherwise; the prevailing tendencies in the
general thought, sentiment, and manners of the people in whose midst you
work--all these, though insuperable obstacles at present, will, if we stand
steadfast and faithful, be one by one removed, and pave the way for the
ultimate ascendency of the Cause and the fruition and triumph of our
labors.

As to the projected prayer-book, I feel the need for a specially prepared
compilation of the prayers of Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha designed for
the general public which would both prove of value for devotional purposes
and act as a fresh incentive to eager and inspiring minds. I am enclosing
copies of prayers which you may have not yet received and trust to send
you more in future. I should be glad to receive any particulars you might
wish me to consider in this connection.

Our untiring and devoted sister, Dr. Moody (the handmaid of the Most
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