est, is the object of my constant prayer and one of the most cherished
desires of my heart.

June 30, 1952

No Age Limit for Serving the Cause

There is no age limit whatsoever for serving the Cause in administrative
capacities after one has reached twenty-one years. Indeed we are supposed
to serve the Cause to our last breath. Contributions Not Accepted From
Those Whose Voting Rights are Suspended

As regards the question of accepting contributions from people whose
voting rights are suspended, the Guardian says this is not permissible.

Answer to Various Questions

Local Haziras may be converted to National ones; this is premature at
present.

The recognition of our Laws of Personal Status must naturally precede
formation of Baha'i courts; as long as your translation is correct his
approval is not needed.

You should start a Temple Fund; the site need not exceed two or three
acres, and should be inside Delhi or near the city limits.

You will be able to consult with the members of Australian N.S.A. at the
time of the Conference in New Delhi about literature; they will certainly
assist your Assembly with the publications.

Baha'is from India, Pakistan and Burma are eligible for your Asian
Teaching Committee.

Consolidation can mean the establishment of the institutions you
enumerate, but it is not essential at present; to increase the assemblies
and groups, and bring in new believers, is the most important part of
consolidation; as the plan unfolds, he will have to see what other things
are really essential and call your attention to them.

Consolidation of the Manifold Institutions

[From the Guardian:]

The splendid efforts, so devotedly exerted by the members of the Baha'i
communities in India, Pakistan and Burma, extending over more than a
decade, in connexion with the launching and prosecution of no less than
three successive Plans, formulated for the promotion of the interests of
the Faith in South-East Asia, have raised their prestige in the eyes of
the Baha'i World, and have fitted them to undertake, at this auspicious
hour in the evolution of its institutions in the Indian sub-continent and
its neighbouring territories and islands, yet another collective
enterprise, of still vaster dimensions, of far greater possibilities,
requiring the utmost exertion and consecration for a period of no less
than ten years, and culminating in the Most Great Jubilee, designed to
commem