he first thing a believer should
do is to turn to an Assembly--That is why we have assemblies! He feels this
trouble would never have arisen if the Baha'is utilized their assemblies
as they should. One of the healing remedies Baha'u'llah has given to a
sick world is the Assembly (which in future will become a House of
Justice); its members have very sacred and heavy responsibilities, its
power to steer the Community, to protect and assist its members is
likewise very great.

..., a most loyal and devoted believer has assured the Guardian she will
fully support and cooperate with the N.S.A. He hopes you will give her
every assistance in this resolve and, indeed, encourage her to stimulate
the believers in their support of their administrative bodies and teach
them to turn to them and make better use of them.

In this connection he would like to point out that any Baha'i can write to
him directly. This is the privilege of everyone.

He feels that ..., a most loyal and devoted servant of the Cause,
communicated with ... in her ardent, and very wise desire, to promote
closer unity among the German friends. He feels your Assembly should
over-look this, as the motive was undoubtedly a very noble one.

He was very glad to receive the letter of ... and he feels sure he will do
all in his power do dispel the impression of his attitude towards the
Covenant, which has been spread about among some of the friends....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The course of recent developments in the life of the German Baha'i
community has given rise to considerable anxiety and caused me grave
concern, in view of the eminent position which the collective achievements
of its members have enabled it to obtain on the morrow of the severest
crisis which it has experienced in its history.

The spiritual vitality which the individual lives of its members have so
abundantly demonstrated, the resilience of which it has, as an organized
body, shown itself to be capable, the soundness of the foundation on which
its collective life has been built in the years preceding the great ordeal
which it has survived; the remarkable rapidity with which it has
rehabilitated its fortunes since the cessation of hostilities, have evoked
in every Baha'i heart feelings of profound affection and admiration for
both the representatives of that community and the mass of believers
constituting the body of the faithful in that land.

The hopes th