ianship is to prevent men from crystallizing the Cause of God into
a rigid system. Your questions are mostly along the line of trying to lay
down a fixed pattern for future society, long before the time for such a
pattern is ripe. Remember that Baha'u'llah says what is not already
revealed, the International House of Justice must in the future legislate,
and it can make, and abrogate if necessary, its own laws. This means not
fixity in guiding society, but fluidity!

No. 1 Baha'u'llah and the Master mention only Local, National and an
International House of Justice. There is no provision for divisional ones.
Each city will have its own Spiritual Assembly, not a number of district
ones. Naturally, district 19 Day Feasts can be held where there are very
many Baha'is in one city.

No. 2 The Hands of the Cause will have executive authority in so far as
they carry out the work of the Guardian.

No. 3 Spiritual Assembly is the name at present for the body which in
future will be called "House of Justice".

No. 4 The Badi Calendar will be used generally. The Baha'i week has seven
days.

No. 5 There is nothing about "ground organization". These details are left
for future legislation.

No. 6 No. Such things are for the consideration of the legislative bodies
in future.

No. 7 No. But 'Abdu'l-Baha stated there are other worlds than ours which
are inhabited by beings capable of knowing God.

No. 8 The Baha'i Temple in America has been dragging on, uncompleted,
since 19..(figures unreadable); its completion is absolutely essential. We
are builders, we have confidence in the protection of God. We cannot give
up our work just because the atom bomb has been invented! This would be
cowardly! The United Nations disposes of millions and millions of dollars
and part of its work is to educate humanity towards peace and against war.
Our completion of the Baha'i Temple will cost 3/4 of a million; what could
this sum do in comparison to the efforts of the United Nations?

The thing the German believers must do is to deepen themselves in the
Covenants of Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha. Mere intellectual understanding
of the teachings is not enough. Deep spirituality is essential, and the
foundation of true spirituality is steadfastness in the Covenant.

LETTER OF 11 APRIL 1949(32)

11 April 1949

He fully approves of Dr. Townshend being invited to speak in Germany, as
you propose, providing, of course, that the necessary