S ENHANCE PRESTIGE CAUSE BAHA'U'LLAH HEIGHTEN ADMIRATION INCREASE DEBT
GRATITUDE HIS FOLLOWERS OWE VALIANT BRITISH COMMUNITY PRAYING CONTINUALLY
SAFETY INCREASING SUCCESS.

SHOGHI RABBANI

Letter of 18 July 1941

18 July 1941

Dear Baha'i co-worker,

The Guardian has instructed me to answer your letter to him of May 6th,
and to acknowledge the receipt of the minutes of the N.S.A. meetings held
on April 25th and 27th.

He was very happy to receive your letter, and his heart rejoiced at the
good news which it conveyed. The holding of a successful Baha'i Convention
during days of such stress and strain as the English believers are passing
through, he considers as a triumph of the spirit of their faith in
Baha'u'llah. They are increasingly demonstrating their right to be called
champions of the Cause of God, and manifesting their ability to follow in
the footsteps of the early heroes of their religion. The Guardian feels
truly proud of them.

In accordance with the request you made in connection with the generous
proposal of ..., Shoghi Effendi cabled your Assembly his approval of their
plan for establishing a building fund for a future Baha'i property to be
built in.... He feels that this demonstrates a most notable donation to
the Cause of God on their parts, and wishes you to convey to them both the
expression of his profound gratitude for this service they are rendering
the Faith in England.

These evidences of growth, in spite of the universal destruction that is
holding the planet in its grip at the present time, should greatly hearten
the believers. They bear witness to the future harvests which their
increasing labours are sure to reap, and demonstrate the great and
God-given strength which flows and will flow ever more abundantly from the
springs which Baha'u'llah has unsealed in these days.

Shoghi Effendi assures you all of his unceasing prayers on your behalf,
that God may strengthen, bless, and guide you in your great work for His
Faith.

He wishes you to please convey his love to all the British believers and
to assure them of his prayers for their protection and for the triumph of
their labours....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and prized co-workers,

I am thrilled by the recent evidences of the noble determination of the
English believers to extend the range of their activities in these days of
grave danger and widespread and ever deepening anxiety and stress. The
report of your Conve