met the
Bab and recorded his impressions... Shoghi Effendi thinks of adding it to
his notes.

Letter of 30 April 1931

30 April 1931

...You could also in a quiet way speak to persons whom you think are ready
for such a message and would appreciate the light when they see it. Try to
form around you a group of Baha'is who are well versed in the teachings
and who are ready to assist you in serving the Cause. In short try to form
an assembly of pure and competent souls. Meanwhile you could write, for
the Cause is in great need of first class literature and you are gifted
along that line.

The Cause surely needs sacrifices, in fact it is only through sacrifice
that it can progress, but such determined activity should be coupled with
wisdom and caution if it is not going to be a temporary flare. Intimate
talk and personal contact has proven the surest and quietest way for
establishing a group....

Letter of 7 November 1931

7 November 1931

The present social and economic problems that are facing the British
people are surely occupying their whole attention, but they should also
operate as a reminder and draw them closer to spiritual matters. The
people have to be made conscious of the fact that without a complete
change in our outlook and a total reform of the guiding principles of our
life, such as the Cause advocates, our social and economic problems cannot
be solved nor our conditions ameliorated. Nothing short of the full
message of Baha'u'llah can end the sufferings that are befalling humanity.

Letter of 2 January 1932

2 January 1932

It is strange how much suffering man has to put up with while on this
earth. Our consolation should be however that it is part of a divine plan
whose worth we cannot yet fathom....

...Shoghi Effendi wishes ... to encourage those who are talented to give
expression to the wonderful spirit that animates them. We need poets and
writers for the Cause.... Some of the poems are written by very youthful
persons yet they ring so true and give expression to such thoughts that
one should halt and admire. In Persia the Cause has given birth to poets
that even non-Baha'is consider them as great. We hope before long we will
have similar persons arise in the West.

Letter of 10 January 1932

10 January 1932

In Persia the Cause gave birth to many poets of national standing. Let us
hope that the west will follow suit and produce similar talents.