Your true brother,
Shoghi March 1947

Baha'u'llah has given His wonderful teachings and His New World Order to
all men; it is up to each individual to accept this Divine Message and
promote its healing laws and principles for himself. No one can decide for
you what you must do. Your own heart must tell you that your place is
serving this struggling new Faith in the days when it is still, for the
most part, unrecognized by the masses. In the future, when it has won more
adherents, and its true stature becomes obvious to all, it will not
require the courage to sponsor it which it does today!

We must always remember that the administrative Order is a means to an
end, an instrument to co-ordinate and unify the efforts of the Baha'is. It
is still imperfectly understood by them, but very great progress has been
made already. Now, through this administration, it is becoming possible to
at last bring the knowledge of Baha'u'llah's teachings to the masses, and
this is a field you could render great services in. Your fire, your love
for your fellow men, are qualities much needed in our work, and Shoghi
Effendi hopes you will feel the urge to plunge yourself into the service
of this glorious Cause.

In Germany there is such a demand for the teachings that the German
Baha'is, exhausted from the war and hampered by restrictions on travel,
etc., find it almost impossible to meet the call on their teaching
abilities. They are a very devoted, well organized Community, but could
surely use all the extra help they can get. If you could see your way
clear to go to Germany and aid them in the teaching work, it would be
rendering that suffering land a great spiritual service.

LETTER OF 1 APRIL 1947

1 April 1947

The Germans, and the German Baha'is, have suffered terribly during these
long years of war and suppression of all freedom and spiritual life; now,
it seems, from reports reaching him, there is a revival of the spirit, and
the people are longing for a plan, a way out of this moral chaos and
darkness, a belief to hold to. This is therefore the time for the Baha'is
to teach the Cause as never before, especially to the young people, and
spread the glad tidings that a solution to the world's problems exists!

The German National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is is now doing all it
can to get more Baha'i books printed; it also has many new and important
translations of our books already made, and we hope very soon the