which they champion
enable them to surmount every obstacle, and reach their destined goal.

May 8, 1947

Set the Highest Example of Tolerance

During the great period of transition that vast land has been, and still
is, going through his thoughts have been very frequently with you all, and
his anxiety for the safety of the beloved friends there is very keen.

He fully appreciates the fact that the Baha'is, in spite of their total
lack of religious or other prejudice, and their strict political
neutrality, are nevertheless placed in danger sometimes by the passions
and unrest of their countrymen. His ardent prayers are offered for their
protection, and he urges them to, at all times, set the highest example of
tolerance, freedom from any form of partisanship in the present troubles
and disputes going on, and sympathy with the deep sufferings of all
classes and creeds.

Greater Dedication to Service

The work of your Assembly is even more onerous and delicate than before.
Now that India, Burma and Pakistan no longer form one unit, in the sense
of being under one regime, you will, no doubt, have many new problems to
meet. But he feels assured that the experience the Community of believers
has gained during recent years, the increased awareness of the glory of
this Cause, and the greater dedication to its service which unites the
hearts of all the Baha'is out there, will now manifest themselves in the
Community's wholehearted cooperation with the N.S.A., and in a renewed
determination to achieve its Plan.

The believers must realize that they, in fulfilling the immediate goals of
this Plan, are hastening the day when India, Pakistan and Burma can
respectively have each its own National Spiritual Assembly, which, in due
time, will become one of the pillars of the International House of
Justice. Although three N.S.A.'s and not one must be envisaged in the
future, how appropriate it is that, at present, when political division
has taken place and animosities are fanned into flame, the believers in
the Cause of God are united under one Spiritual Assembly, guiding and
aiding all believers with love and understanding!

Please particularly assure the Serampur Baha'is of his loving prayers, and
that he is proud of their devotion to the Faith.

He also wishes to assure you of his prayers for the progress of all the
work your Assembly is doing, and especially for the solution of the
problems involved in the