The geographical position of Germany has given her a unique position in
the spread of the Cause in Europe. She stands actually in the center of
that continent and from it can branch out tentacles which will gradually
unite the whole Europe. The signs that she can undertake such a task are
clear. We see there the largest number of the European Baha'is most active
and promising. The only thing is, that the more united they are, the more
devoted and steadfast in their faith they become, the sooner they will
attain their goal and bring their task to a successful and glorious
ending.

Shoghi Effendi wishes me to assure you of his prayers. He hopes that the
German friends will leave a memorable record on the annals of the Cause
and fully justify the expectations the Master had in their spiritual
future....

[From the Guardian:]

My dear fellow-workers:

Your most welcome letter has rejoiced my heart. Your magnificent
endeavours, your tenacity of purpose, your firmness of faith, the ardour
of your love and your grasp of the Divine Teachings are assets which I
greatly prize and value. My hope and prayer is that Baha'u'llah may shower
upon you His infinite blessings that the promise of our dear Master may
erelong be fulfilled and that Germany may arise with one voice and one
mind to champion the Cause of God and in the spiritual realm direct the
nations of the earth to the path of true Brotherhood and Peace. Yours is a
great privilege and a noble mission; may He enable you to achieve your
heart's desire.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 8 APRIL 1927

8 April 1927

Dear Baha'i brothers and sisters,

The beloved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, thanks you for your good Naw-Ruz
letter to him, dated 1 Baha 84.

He is very pleased that you have good hopes for the future and he will
pray at the Holy Shrines for you, that you may be abundantly blessed--and
that you may be enabled to draw many souls to the light of these Divine
Teachings.

He is very interested to hear of your plan to build a wooden house on your
new piece of land, to be a home for the young and the aged--and also that
is to be used as a home for poor children, to give them a change and rest
during the summer. It will be a very good and excellent work to build this
house--and Shoghi Effendi hopes that you will have great success with it,
and that you will find it of the utmost use and benefit for those who are
poor in the world's goods....

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