y
appreciated by Mr. Townshend, and the Guardian would be only too pleased
to assist your Assembly in insuring the success of any plan you may
propose and decide upon in this matter.

Wishing you full and continued success in your work, and assuring you
again of Shoghi Effendi's fervent prayers on your behalf and on behalf of
your fellow-members in the N.S.A....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and prized co-worker,

Your splendid collaboration with the English believers is, as I am
gradually and increasingly realising it, infusing a new life and a fresh
determination into individuals and assemblies which will prove of the
utmost benefit to our beloved Cause. Persevere in your remarkable efforts
and historic achievements. With the aid of Mrs. Bishop an unprecedented
and most powerful impetus will I am sure be given to the onward march of
the Cause of God. I am deeply grateful to you.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 10 January 1937

10 January 1937

Beloved Baha'i Brother,

The Guardian has instructed me to inform you of the receipt of your
communications of the 6th and 24th December and of the 1st January, all of
which he has read, together with their enclosures, with sustained
interest. Kindly convey to your fellow-members in the N.S.A. his
appreciation and gratitude for the truly valuable work they are
accomplishing for the promotion of the Faith in Great Britain. He is
continually and fervently praying for the guidance and success of the
plans they have recently initiated for the extension of the teaching work
and for the consolidation of the administrative institutions of the Cause
in their land.

The Guardian is specially praying for the success of your N.S.A.'s project
in connection with Mr. Townshend's problem. Much as he realises the
financial difficulties involved in such a plan, he is nevertheless
convinced that if every individual believer, no matter how limited his
resources, pledges himself to give it his whole-hearted and continued
support it will eventually, though after considerable effort and
self-sacrifice, become effective and successful. The opportunity has now
come for the friends in Great Britain to demonstrate the measure of their
devotion to the Cause, as well as their capacity to maintain, consolidate
and extend its nascent administrative institutions in that land. The
occasion calls for a tremendous amount of sacrifice, of perseverance and
united labour on the part of th