a sacred
responsibility and admittedly preferable to attend if possible in person
the sessions of the Convention, to take an active part in all its
proceedings, and to acquaint his fellow-workers on his return with the
accomplishments, the decisions and the aspirations of the assembled
representatives of the American believers.

Baha'i Year Book

I am eagerly looking forward to your sending me in manuscript form the
projected Baha'i Year Book, that I may be enabled to contribute my share
in rendering it as comprehensive, as attractive, and as authoritative as
possible. I strongly advise you to combine in a judicious manner the two
methods outlined in this connection in your letter of September 2, 1925. A
short, concise and forceful account of the primary objects, as well as of
the principles underlying the worldwide administration of the Cause,
together with a brief description of various features of the present day
administration of its activities, supplemented with a not-too-detailed
survey of the actual accomplishments and plans evolved in the current
year, would serve to acquaint the outsider with the purpose and the
achievements of the Cause, and provide sufficient material that would be
edifying and helpful to the active believers whether in the East or in the
West....

The Greatest Holy Leaf desires me to convey in her name to the esteemed
members of the Green Acre Fellowship the expression of her cordial thanks
and sincere appreciation in having been made a life member of the said
Fellowship. She assures them of her prayers for the success of this noble
institution as well as for the spiritual advancement of its individual
members.

Recent developments in the Holy Land have led various organizations in the
Jewish world to contemplate seriously the early possibility of
transferring to Palestine's sacred soil the mortal remains of certain
prominent founders and leaders of Jewish thought, and Mount Carmel, which
next to Akka's Most Holy Shrine is the most cherished object of Baha'i
veneration, has been cited on various occasions as a permanent and most
befitting burial ground for their illustrious dead. Surely the Baha'is of
the world, ever on the alert and with an eye to the future, will, no
matter how pressed by financial obligations, arise while there is yet time
to contribute each his share in securing for posterity such land as lies
in close proximity to the Holy Shrine--an area the acquisition of