an twenty
believers of whom only seven corresponded regularly with the Guardian.

They have been arranged chronologically; for details of the subject matter
the reader must turn to the Index.

Almost all these passages are answers given by the Guardian to questions
asked in personal letters to him. It is possible therefore to catch a
glimpse of the changing problems facing the Baha'i community and these
frequently reflected conditions in the country as a whole. This is
particularly significant in the years immediately following the Second
World War for as the Guardian, in a letter written on his behalf by his
secretary, wrote of the British believers,

"... he feels the greatest sympathy for them, and considers that when
their present achievements are assessed in the future, people will give
them a double measure of praise for having done so much when they were
least fit to do it."

Letter of 28 September 1925

28 September 1925

[From the Guardian]

...I wish you, my dearest friend, to make once again a supreme effort to
come to a full understanding with the friends outside.... Extend to them
your generous and helping hand, approach them with a spirit of
selflessness and cordiality and the result, I am confident will be indeed
marvellous. My heart rejoices at the news of the growth of harmony among
the friends and I feel paralysed in my work when I hear to the contrary. I
am impressing on the friends in ... the absolute necessity of cultivating
understanding and friendliness and consolidating the foundation of the
National Assembly. For upon these National Assemblies will the Edifice of
the Universal House of Justice be raised.

Letter of 28 October 1925

28 October 1925

Shoghi Effendi is much interested to hear of your literary work. He fully
agrees with you that different people must be approached in different ways
and that valuable work for the Baha'i Cause can be done within the
Christian Churches by promoting the "Christianity of Christ". 'Abdu'l-Baha
said that when people become true Christians, they will find themselves
Baha'is. One or two of the best Baha'is I know were very earnest, sincere,
devoted Christians and accepted the Baha'i teachings with very little
difficulty and without any intervening period of religious scepticism, as
an amplification and fulfilment of the teachings and prophesyings of
Christ and the prophets.

Letter of 28 December 1925

28 December 1925