y, the cornerstone of the foundation of the Faith
in that land. I urge you to consult and deliberate as frequently as you
can on the affairs of the Faith, devise the most effective measures for
its spread, extend the range of Baha'i publications, and the friends to
scatter as widely as they can in order to multiply the centres and
establish new assemblies, extend any assistance you can to the friends in
Vienna and take whatever steps are required to enable you to establish the
centre of the Faith in Frankfurt. Your task is immense, the obstacles
formidable, the need of your fellow countrymen for the healing truths of
the Faith urgent and pitiful, the promised help from on high ready and
assured, if you persevere in your task and arise to discharge befittingly
your responsibilities. The considerable sums accumulated in Tihran will
aid you to extend the scope of your activities and to consolidate your
achievements. You should, though these sums have not yet reached you,
embark on great projects, and devise, after careful deliberation,
effective methods for the propagation of our beloved Faith. I am following
the progress of your highly important activities with intense interest.
You are, I assure you, often in my thoughts and prayers, and I will
continue to supplicate for you the Master's richest blessings.

Rest assured, persevere, and be happy.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 31 JULY 1946

31 July 1946

Dear Baha'i-Brother:

Your letter of July 1st was received by our beloved Guardian, and he has
instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

He was delighted to hear of the Baha'i wedding which recently took place
in your Community of Stuttgart Baha'is and he thanks all the dear friends
who were present, whose names you forwarded to him on the list enclosed in
your letter, for their greetings and their loving thought of him.

In connection with the National Administrative Center of the Faith being
in Frankfurt, he wishes to point out to you the following:

This is a purely practical measure because Frankfurt a/M is so much more
centrally located than Stuttgart in the south of Germany. The dear friends
of Stuttgart must not for a moment feel that this detracts from the unique
place their city occupies in the history of the Faith in Germany.

It is very similar to what has happened in the United States; 'Abdu'l-Baha
conferred many honours on New York and called it the "City of the
Cov