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these, and obey them, and not lose time in thinking about the individual
person's peculiarities, or opinions...

[From the Guardian:]

May the Beloved bless, sustain and guide you, to enable you, to acquire a
fuller understanding of the implications of God's Covenant in this day,
and contribute effectively to its clarification and its comprehension by
the believers.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 22 OCTOBER 1949

22 October 1949

To the Spiritual Assembly of Bergstrasse

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your letter dated March 27, has been received by our beloved Guardian, as
well as the report of the activities of your Assembly, and he thanks you
for sending him this information.

He, likewise, wishes to thank Mr. Adolf Lorey for his letter to him of
July 30, enclosing a newspaper clipping concerning Sohrab.

He feels your Assembly, wisely and lovingly, must guide the friends to a
firmer grasp of both the independent nature of our glorious Faith and the
need to study and uphold its Administrative Order.

To continue to be a member of the church places a Baha'i in an insincere
position--for we believe the Christ has come again, in Baha'u'llah, and
that all His promises have been gloriously fulfilled. No church would
tolerate one of its members believing such a thing, for the church is
still blindly waiting the second coming. Therefore it is obvious why the
Baha'is must leave the church, they are not leaving Christ, but rather
rallying to His support in the new day of His coming.

Also, he feels your Assembly should obey and work with the National
Assembly in the greatest love and harmony. The past must be forgotten, and
all the believers concentrate, unitedly on the spread of the Faith and
strengthening its administration.

He will pray for you all, and for the success of your work. With Baha'i
love

[From the Guardian:]

May the Almighty, Whose Faith you are serving with zeal, constancy and
devotion, bless you and your dear collaborators, remove all obstacles from
your path, and enable you to win great and memorable victories for His
Faith and its institutions,

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 22 OCTOBER 1949

22 October 1949

It is the privilege of youth not to commit the same mistakes all over
again of the older generations, and he hopes the German youth will rise
above personalities, adhere to the principles of the Cause and its
administration, be examples of