tispiece of Vol. 9 of the Baha'i World, he
can have the pictures made accordingly.

The pictures should be black and white, glossy, and on as light paper as
possible. By light I mean, in weight.

Please cable me on receipt if this is clear, and if Mr. Rocholl can
provide the 15 copies at an early date....

LETTER OF 1 JANUARY 1957

1 January 1957

Mrs. Anna Grossmann:

Your loving letter of December 16th was duly received, and its contents
presented to the Beloved Guardian.

Needless to say, he is very disturbed with the recent developments with
regard to the Temple land and building. This matter has gone along for a
long period of time, and he feels it is now reaching the point where it
reflects on the Faith. He feels very definitely that if there should be a
failure in connection with the Temple to be built in Frankfurt, it would
be a great set back to the Faith, not only in Germany, but in all Europe.

The Guardian suggests your Assembly read carefully, the many statements
and letters to the American National Assembly, as to the importance of the
Temple, and its construction. He even says it will be the most important
teacher of the Faith, and with its completion, a new spiritual movement
will take place in America. Whatever the Master has said with regard to
the Temple in America, applies with equal force to Germany. Surely we
cannot allow the negative influences at work in Frankfurt and Germany, in
connection with our Temple project, to stop our forward progress.

The Guardian would like your Assembly to consider the project of the
Temple land, and the construction of the building, as its most important
task, and give it precedence over all other problems.

So far as the question of Environs of Frankfurt is concerned, he will
allow you to determine what constitutes the Environs of Frankfurt. If you
feel Offenbach, which is a separate city, is the environs of Frankfurt, he
will approve the construction there. If the hills of Taunus constitute the
environs, he will approve that location.

If the objection of the city of Frankfurt to the Temple model, is due to
its size, why not reduce the size. The important thing now is not the size
of the building, but the fact of the building.

Therefore the Guardian will approve reduction in the size, so as to permit
construction now, and in Frankfurt, or its environs.

The Guardian will pray for the guidance of your Assembly in working out
this important