all Baha'is everywhere. Naturally specific instructions to the American
Baha'is are not applicable to other communities. "Baha'i Procedure", as
Mr. Holley pointed out, is not binding on other National Assemblies, as
many things in it are purely secondary rulings made by the American N.S.A.
to facilitate the work of the Cause under its jurisdiction.

The believers should certainly, under no circumstances, drink any
alcoholic beverages as this has been forbidden in the Aqdas. Not all of
its laws and precepts can be practiced at present; but those he has, in
his instructions to America, laid down as applicable at present should be
followed.

LETTER OF 4 JULY 1947

4 July 1947

Baha'i Gemeinde, Karlsruhe

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your letter dated May 23rd was received by our beloved Guardian, and he
wishes me to tell you all how very happy he was to hear that you now have
a Spiritual Assembly there. This is the beginning of your work--not the end
of it!--and you may be sure his ardent and loving prayers will be offered
for your success, and expansion, in the Holy Shrines.

He also takes this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Brauns-Forel for her
letter and assures her of his prayers...

[From the Guardian:]

Assuring you of my loving prayers for your success, for the extension o f
your valued activities, and the realization of your dearest hopes in the
service of the Faith and its divinely appointed institutions,

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 19 JULY 1947

19 July 1947

The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Stuttgart

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your letter of March 10th was received, and as our beloved Guardian was
very busy he could not reply to you sooner. However, he has now instructed
me to answer you on his behalf.

He has no objection to the Stuttgart Baha'is arranging to have a center of
their own on Mrs. Schwarz' land. As this was a spot visited by the beloved
Master, it is all the more appropriate as a center for the Cause there.

He hopes that the Stuttgart friends will so arrange their affairs that
this new undertaking will not prevent them from assisting the national
interests of the Cause and spending them their full support.

His loving prayers are offered for you all, and for the success of the
work you are doing there, which is so sacred and so vitally important...

[From the Guardian:]

May the Almighty bless, guide and sustain you in your meritorious and
cons