ighted it has been published.

He very deeply appreciates your assembly's assurance of its abiding
loyalty to him and to the Master's Will and Testament. As you can well
imagine this disaffection of the Master's Family has been a very sad and
heavy blow to him; but, although for many years he shielded them with his
silence, in the end he was forced to speak out in order to protect the
Faith. For a hundred years our beloved Cause has suffered from these
internal afflictions, and the way the believers, generation after
generation, have met this test with steadfast faith, loyalty and devotion,
is one of the signs that this is the Cause of God, divinely protected
through the Covenants of Baha'u'llah and the Master.

Regarding the crisis which has arisen among the believers because of the
charges made by ... and others, the circular letter issued by your body,
etc, etc.

The Guardian feels that although there is no doubt this has produced a
very grave situation, threatening the stability and the unity of the
entire community, it can be successfully overcome and lead to a new stage
of unity and progress in the Faith in Germany. We Baha'is can always, with
the aid of Baha'u'llah, Who is ever ready to strengthen and assist us,
turn our stumbling blocks into stepping stones, and utilize the often
violent forces released by sincere but perhaps misguided friends, as a
positive stream of power by turning them into productive channels instead
of destructive ones.

Fundamentally he feels that the cause of this present crisis arises from
the fact that the German community so long suppressed, disorganized,
deprived of literature, and the visits of friends from countries where the
believers have always been free to be Baha'is and have, consequently,
evolved their administration of the Faith's affairs to a higher point of
efficiency,--has had no opportunity to develop the administration of its
Baha'i affairs, and also, no opportunity of maturing as Baha'is living
within a smoothly-working Administrative Order. Consequently the troubles
experienced at present may be said to be largely caused by immaturity in
their understanding of the administration.

Linked with this is the fact, which he mentioned in his cable, that the
Baha'is need to be deepened in their knowledge and understanding of the
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha. They should study this, and the
Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, for it is obvious that they do not--for the
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