ificial efforts he
will cherish for all time....

LETTER OF 21 JUNE 1953

21 June 1953

Dear Baha'i Brother:

Your letters of June 18 and 24, July 29, August 11, October 9, November
27, 1952 and January 5, February 26, March 12 and 18, April 5, May 6 and
31, 1953 have been received by the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed
me to answer you on his behalf.

The work has been greatly added to, here at the International Center,
owing to the inauguration of the Ten Year Crusade. In fact, the beloved
Guardian is finding it more and more difficult to keep up with his
letters, even the important National Spiritual Assembly ones.

In regard to various matters you have raised in your correspondence with
him:

The National Baha'i Convention must be held during the twelve days
constituting the Ridvan period. Each national assembly is free to choose
the dates that suit its convenience during that period.

The question of adhering strictly to the principle that every Spiritual
Assembly must be composed of voting members living within the civic limits
of the town, and that the Baha'i Community of that town must likewise be
composed of residents within its civic limits, is of the utmost
importance. It is a matter of fundamental principle, and the Baha'is all
over the world must conform to it, especially now that the Cause is
becoming firmly established in so many nations. There is no objection if
the believers living in a certain area comprising a number of civic units,
join together to commemorate Baha'i Holy Days, but Nineteen Day Feasts
should be held apart by each Assembly in question. There can be no
exceptions to these rules, and although it may temporarily diminish the
number of assemblies in your country, you should establish the Cause on
this firm foundation by next Baha'i election.

Please send the Guardian ten copies of the "Paris Talks" and ten copies of
"Some Answered Questions" for the international libraries here, and ten
copies of any future publication in German.

He was very happy to hear that the visit of the Hands and of other Baha'is
traveling in Europe, was of such stimulation to the friends.

He hopes that as many of the German believers as possible will attend the
Stockholm Conference, which is very important for the future work in
Europe, and to which they can contribute a great deal by their
presence....

As regards the purchase of the land for the future Temple: He thinks it
doe