enabled to fully discharge your duties.

(From a letter dated 22 July 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
an individual believer) [115]

"116: Shoghi Effendi was deeply saddened to learn from your letter... of
the..."

Shoghi Effendi was deeply saddened to learn from your letter... of the
rather serious situation which your daughter's conduct and her general
attitude towards the Cause have created...

Although he highly deplores this fact, and is fully aware of the bad
repercussions which it may have on the Cause, yet he feels that nothing
short of your motherly care and love and of the counsels which you and the
friends can give her, can effectively remedy this situation. Above all,
you should be patient, and confident that your efforts to that end are
being sustained and guided through the confirmations of Baha'u'llah. He is
surely hearing your prayers, and will no doubt accept them, and thus
hasten the gradual and complete materialization of your hopes and
expectations for your daughter and for the Cause.

The Guardian would advise you, therefore, not to take any drastic action
with regard to your daughter's attendance at the meetings... For in this
way there is much greater chance to reform her character than through
force or any other drastic method. Love and kindness have far greater
influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character.

The Guardian, therefore, trusts that by this means you will succeed in
gradually introducing a fundamental change in your daughter's life, and
also in making of her a better and truer believer. He is fervently praying
on her behalf that she may fully attain this station.

(From a letter dated 26 January 1935 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi
to an individual believer) [116]

"117: The Guardian sees no objection that reference be made to the fact
that the..."

The Guardian sees no objection that reference be made to the fact that the
teaching classes and conferences which the believers are now organizing
might evolve in the distant future into departments of education, or such
institutions of learning as will be established in the future Baha'i
social order.

(From a letter dated 12 July 1938 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
an individual believer) [117]

"118: As regards your plans: the Guardian fully approves indeed of your
view..."

As regards your plans: the Guardian fully approves indeed of your view
that no m