er members of the Staff who have
assisted you.

He is very pleased that the Temple land has been bought in Kampala. Mr.
and Mrs. Elston are visiting here at the present time; and he has told
them he feels that at present the Temple land should merely be held in
trust, and all meetings continue in the Haziratu'l-Quds building. Should
this eventually prove too small, enlarging one of the rooms to accommodate
more of the people at the meetings might be considered as a possibility;
but any work carried out must be of a very economical nature, and he does
not think it is pressing at present, anyway.

I need not tell you that the work in Africa, and more particularly in
Uganda, is very dear to his heart. The progress made there during the last
year has borne him up and encouraged him greatly when he was often weighed
down with work. He feels that this country and its peoples, in the very
heart of Africa, are a most precious trust. Their receptivity to the
Teachings, their great desire to serve their new Faith, the number of them
who have arisen to go out as pioneers, mark them as a people apart in the
Baha'i world, at least for the time being. May many others in neighbouring
countries prove as worthy, and follow their example.

In dealing with people who are still backward in relation to our civilised
standards, and in many cases guided by a tribal system which has strong
orders of its own, he feels that you should be both tactful and
forbearing. There is no specific minimum age mentioned in the Baha'i
teachings at which girls may marry. In the future, this and other
questions unspecified will be dealt with by the International House of
Justice. In the meantime, we must not be too strict in enforcing our
opinions on peoples still living in primitive social orders.

The difficulty of getting a Baha'i into ... has now been temporarily
solved. The Guardian does not see why Baha'is should have to state to any
Government that the reason for their visit to a country is for the
purposes of teaching the Baha'i Faith. Most of the time, though not
perhaps invariably, this is calculated to arouse suspicion and opposition.
One has to deal with cases as they arise. A blanket rule could never apply
over so wide a field as that in which Baha'i pioneers are working.

Although the children of Baha'i parents are considered to be Baha'is,
there is no objection at the present time, for purposes of keeping a
correct census, and also ascertain