devotion to the Cause of God is a source of
immense joy to my heart. I will most assuredly pray for you all and
cherish the brightest hopes for your future contribution to the spread of
our glorious Faith. Persevere and never feel depressed or discouraged. May
the Almighty enable you to mirror forth the glory and splendour of this
stupendous Revelation.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 20 NOVEMBER 1934(8)

20 November 1934

Dear Baha'i Friends,

Your welcome message dated November 4th is just at hand, and its perusal
has, as usual, greatly cheered our Guardian's heart. He feels ever so
grateful to you for the remarkable spirit and manner in which you are
collaborating for the further consolidation of Baha'i administration in
your locality. Your painstaking labours to this end are being surely
rewarded and guided by Baha'u'llah Who, as so often promised in His
writings, will sustain and bless all those who arise to promote His
message, and whom, no consideration whatever, deters from serving His
Cause.

Shoghi Effendi is specially pleased to realize that you are in such a
close touch with the friends in other parts of Germany, and in particular
with those two indefatigable and devoted servants of the Cause Mrs. A. M.
Schweizer and Miss A. Koestlin. Their frequent and warm visits to Goppingen
are surely of an incalculable benefit to you all, and it is hoped that by
their means your centre will come to play an increasingly important role
in the spread of the Teachings, as well as in the general administration
of the Cause in Southern Germany...

[From the Guardian:]

Dearly-beloved co-workers:

Your most welcome letter rejoiced my heart and served to remind me of the
spirit of devotion, of determination and zeal that animate the believers
in that promising country. I will no doubt continue to pray for you from
the bottom of my heart, that you may each and all arise to diffuse far and
wide the fragrance of this wondrous Revelation and to establish its truths
in the hearts of your fellow countrymen.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 20 NOVEMBER 1934

20 November 1934

He is, indeed, happy to realize the remarkable share you are having in the
promotion of the general interests of the Faith in Goppingen. Your active
participation in all Baha'i gatherings and meetings, and the zeal and
enthusiasm which you succeed in creating among the attendants are, indeed,
a real