source of strength to the community of the believers in your
centre.

The Guardian hopes, therefore, that you will continue exercising this
highly-beneficial and much-needed influence among the friends, so that by
its means you may all work as unitedly and harmoniously as possible.

For what the Cause greatly needs in Germany at present is unity, both of
thought and action. Not until the believers succeed in putting the Baha'i
principle of cooperation and fellowship into actual practice can they hope
to vindicate the truth of the Message. Unity, therefore, is vital, and
constitutes the main key to the success of your endeavours in every field
of Baha'i activity.

LETTER OF 7 DECEMBER 1934(9)

7 December 1934

Dear Friends and co-workers:

Shoghi Effendi was deeply moved by your beautiful message dated November
27th, and he has directed me to convey to you on his behalf the expression
of his loving appreciation and gratitude for the sentiments of love,
devotion and loyalty which that message expressed.

He was, indeed, so pleased to learn that you had gathered at the home of
our dearly-beloved sister and co-worker Miss Johanna Hirsch, and that you
had heard from her the story of her pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

It is his hope that you may also one day have the privilege of undertaking
a similar journey and of visiting the Holy Shrines in Akka and Haifa.

Shoghi Effendi is continually praying on behalf of each and every one of
you, and is entreating Baha'u'llah that He may continue sending you His
blessings and guidance, that as a result your efforts for the promulgation
of His message may be crowned with success....

[From the Guardian:]

May the Beloved of our hearts guide and strengthen you, bless your
efforts, add to your numbers, remove every obstacle from your path, and
deepen your knowledge of the fundamentals of His Cause, and the
distinguishing features of His glorious Revelation.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 13 DECEMBER 1934(10)

13 December 1934

He has been deeply gratified and comforted, indeed, to learn that the
authorities have, as a result of your efforts and of those of Mrs. Bishop,
accepted to grant permission for the holding of Baha'i meetings in Berlin.
For this, the friends must feel deeply grateful to the Government and
should strive, through both their words and actions, to win the full
confidence of the authorities, and to demonstrate th