the exemplary
fidelity, the increased efficiency with which you are conducting the
affairs, and consolidating the activities of a steadily growing community.
My heart swells with gratitude as I witness, in so many fields, the
striking evidences of the growth, the multiplication and establishment of
highly diversified communities throughout the length and breadth of India
and Burma, the expansion of Baha'i literature, the rise of new
institutions, the growing consciousness and solidarity of the teachers and
administrators of the Faith, and of the contact that is being established
between them and the great masses of their countrymen, at so critical a
period in their history. However much these communities have already
achieved, they cannot afford, for a moment, to rest content with the
laurels that they have won. Spurred on by these initial and superb
victories--victories unprecedented in the annals of their Faith in that
land--they must press on, more diligently than ever, to reinforce their
unity, to deepen their understanding of the spiritual verities of their
Faith and of the administrative principles underlying its new world order,
to multiply its nascent institutions, to broadcast its Message, to
disseminate its literature, to exemplify its spirit, to proclaim its
truths, and to swell the ranks of its unreserved supporters. The greater
the effort they exert along these lines, the more abundant the measure of
celestial grace that will be vouchsafed to them from on high. That they
may go from strength to strength, that they may add still more glorious
chapters to the distinguished record of their immortal services to the
Cause of Baha'u'llah is my constant prayer and the most cherished desire
of my heart.

March 13, 1947

Esslemont Book in Karen Language

He advises you to make every effort to have the Esslemont book translated
into Karen at present, and to persevere in your attempts to find someone
to translate it into Chin in the future. He urges you to make a supreme
effort to complete these translations and publication of the Esslemont
book in the remaining chosen languages.

Rules & Regulations Should Not Be Multiplied

You may not perhaps know that in connection with all National Assemblies
the Guardian is advising that rules and regulations should not be
multiplied and new statements on "procedure" issued; we should be elastic
in details and rigid in principles; consequently he does not wa