rogress of the Third All-India Baha'i Convention
as well as the favourable comment made upon it by the Press of that
country have been fully shared with the pilgrims and resident friends in
the Holy Land and we have all admired and rejoiced at the efforts you are
exerting for the consolidation of the Movement in that ancient land.

May your endeavours in every sphere of your spiritual activities be
crowned with brilliant success, that His glorious Promise regarding the
future of that land may be speedily fulfilled!

It is my earnest hope that "The Baha'i News", the representative organ of
the Baha'i Community in India, may expand and develop, may widen the
sphere of its correspondence, add to the number and quality of its
articles in Persian as well as in English, report regularly in its columns
the news of the spiritual activities of all Baha'i centres in India and
elsewhere, and in general provide for the full, correct and dignified
presentation of the Cause to the general public.

Assuring every one of you of my constant prayers on your behalf and
wishing you success in your noble task,

I am your brother and co-worker,
SHOGHI

January 9, 1923

Excellent Field of Service

As you mentioned India is a vast country and an excellent field of
service. If the younger Baha'i generation, in whom Shoghi Effendi has
great hopes, take the pain of studying the Cause deeply and thoroughly,
read its history, find its underlying principles and become both well
informed and energetic, they surely can achieve a great deal. It is upon
their shoulders that the Master has laid the tremendous work of teaching.
They are the ones to raise the call of the Kingdom and arouse the people
from slumber. If they fail the Cause is doomed to stagnation. May we all
hope and earnestly pray that through God's infinite grace, through the
Master's spiritual guidance and through Shoghi Effendi's tender care we
may do justice to this tremendous work and not fail to do the Master's
bidding.

As Shoghi Effendi has not yet taken up the tremendous work and
responsibility of attending to the correspondence of the individual
friends, he asked me to write you this note, acknowledge the receipt of
your letter, and ask you to do the following things: (1) Change the name
of your Executive Committee to "The National Spiritual Assembly", because
the corresponding Assembly in England and America bear the same name, and
uniformity in such matters is m