activities throughout Great Britain. The future of the Cause in
that country is, indeed, bright. But the friends should also exert their
utmost, lest through neglect and apathy its progress be impeded. Now that
such a wonderful opportunity has presented itself to them, it is their
responsibility to take their full chance and to make a renewed attempt to
extend and further consolidate their teaching work in London and
throughout the British Isles.

Shoghi Effendi is fervently praying that through the confirmations and
blessings of Baha'u'llah you may all be assisted in effectively attaining
this objective.

Yours in His Service,

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

I am so pleased to learn of the splendid response of ... to the call of
our Faith, and would urge you to make a special effort, in conjunction
with the friends and Assemblies in England, to aid him to deepen his faith
and extend the scope of his valued activities. I will pray for the success
of your efforts and the realisation of your highest hopes.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 7 April 1935

7 April 1935

Dear Mrs. Slade,

Shoghi Effendi has received your letters dated March 8th and April 1st,
and wishes me to thank you for them.

With regard to the incorporation of the British N.S.A., he is sorry,
indeed, that the authorities have definitely refused your application. He
is, nevertheless, confident that your Assembly's efforts in this
connection will, in due time, bear fruit, and that the officials concerned
will gradually come to alter their views regarding the nature and
significance of the Movement.

In the meantime, the Guardian can have ... property on Mt. Carmel
transferred to the name of the Palestine Branch of the American N.S.A.

With the renewed expression of Shoghi Effendi's deepfelt appreciation of
your services, and with his loving greetings and best wishes to you and to
the friends in London....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear co-worker,

I grieve to learn of the refusal of the Board of Trade to incorporate the
National Assembly, but I feel certain that the friends will not allow this
setback to damp their zeal or to weaken their determination to prosecute
the work they have so devotedly undertaken. It may indeed prove a blessing
in disguise, and I would urge the friends to persevere and not to lose
heart and to rest assured that our beloved Faith will ultimately conquer.

With my b