and Oct. 9th, Nov. 16th
(airgraph) and Nov. 23rd (duplicate copy also received), Dec. 19th
(duplicate copy also received) all of 1944, and Jan. 25th 1945 (duplicate
copy also received) have arrived safely with any enclosures they
contained, and the beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer them.

He fully realises the many handicaps the English Baha'is are labouring
under, and appreciates all the more deeply their perseverance and devotion
shown in such activities as the National Centenary in London and local
exhibitions and meetings held elsewhere, as well as the successful Summer
School, the various printing undertakings and the renewed efforts to
establish new centres and strengthen older ones. In this connection he
would like you to please convey to Miss Young(36) and all other pioneers
the expression of his loving appreciation of this historic service they
have arisen to render the Faith in England.

The tasks facing the believers everywhere are great, for they see only too
clearly that the only permanent remedy for the many afflictions the world
is suffering from, is a change of heart and a new pattern of not only
thought but personal conduct. The impetus that has been given by the
Manifestation of God for this Age is the sole one that can regenerate
humanity, and as we Baha'is are the only ones yet aware of this new force
in the world, our obligation towards our fellow men is tremendous and
inescapable! Therefore he hopes that many more of the friends there will
arise to do pioneering work and help achieve the important goals set by
the Six Year Plan. When once a few bold, self-sacrificing individuals have
arisen to serve, their example will no doubt encourage other timid
would-be pioneers to follow in their footsteps. The history of our Faith
is full of records of the remarkable things achieved by really very
simple, insignificant individuals, who became veritable beacons and towers
of strength through having placed their trust in God, having arisen to
proclaim His Message. The stamina and fortitude shown by the people at
large during all these hard and bitter years of war should surely find a
nobler example in the deeds of the Baha'is who are connected with the
Divine Source! He urges your Assembly to do all in its power, through
financial and moral assistance, to get more pioneers into the field.

Mr. Hofman has just written him about his meeting with the Paris
believers, and he feels that as most of the f