ss of your many labours.

He sends you his loving Greetings....

Letter of 12 January 1957

12 January 1957

To the Baha'is who were present at the Birmingham Teaching Conference,
January 5th 1957.

Dear Baha'i Friends,

The beloved Guardian has received your letter of greeting, and was very
happy to hear that the Birmingham Teaching Conference had been such an
outstanding success.

Undoubtedly the Faith in the British Isles is making steady and sound
progress, and he hopes that during the coming months many of the Spiritual
Assemblies which have been placed in jeopardy will be consolidated in time
for the elections. He feels sure that the British Baha'is, who have done
more pioneering per capita than any other Baha'i community in the world,
will do all in their power to safeguard the precious goals they have won
at the cost of so much sacrifice and valiant endeavour.

He assures you one and all of his loving prayers for your success, and
that he will remember you in his visits to the Holy Shrines....

[From the Guardian:]

May the Spirit of Baha'u'llah sustain you in your highly meritorious
labours, guide every step you take in the path of service to His Faith,
and enable you to lend a great impetus, in the days to come, to the onward
march of our beloved Cause throughout the British Isles and to the
consolidation of its divinely appointed institutions,

Your true brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 26 February 1957

26 February 1957

Dear Baha'i Brother:

The Beloved Guardian has directed me to write your Assembly with regard to
showing interior views of the Shrine of Baha'u'llah in slides.

The Guardian read in some minutes, or in a report of one of the Summer
Schools, that slides were shown of the Holy Land, and among them one of
the interior of the Shrine. He would like to know whether this is the
interior Garden, or the Inner Shrine itself, and whose slides they are.

He feels that the Shrine of Baha'u'llah and the Bab are so sacred, it is
improper for any slides to be shown of the Interiors. Thus, the slide
which was shown at the Summer School should be destroyed, and if it forms
a part of any sets of views of the Holy Land, this slide be removed from
the set.

He sends you his loving Greetings....

Letter of 27 February 1957

27 February 1957

GREATLY DEPLORE LOSS MUCH LOVED JOHN MITCHELL STAUNCH CONSECRATED PROMOTER
FAITH. REWARD HIS ADMINISTRATIVE PIONEER SERVICES GR