rite to your Assembly with regard
to the Maldive Islands.

He attaches great importance to these Islands, and hopes they can be
settled by one or more pioneers at an early date. The Light of Divine
Guidance should shine in that area, and if one of the friends will arise
to pioneer there, he is sure they will win many signal victories for the
Cause of God.

February 17, 1957

Historic and Heart-Stirring

The beloved Guardian has been very pleased with the teaching work which
has been done in the Virgin Areas of the Ten-Year Crusade. Indeed, all the
pioneers have rendered historic and heart-stirring service to the Cause of
God. Now, the banner of the Faith is firmly established over the entire
face of the Globe. Blessed and happy is everyone who has been able to join
in this, the Greatest Spiritual Crusade of all times.

March 6, 1957

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE BAHA'I YOUTH OF INDIA

Letter of June 19, 1941

Though as yet your youth group is small in number he hopes that through
your efforts during the coming year it will grow and become a strong and
vital one and play an important part in helping the youth of India to
better serve the Cause of Baha'u'llah.

The field of work open to Baha'i young people is very great, and they must
increasingly bear their share of the all-important teaching campaign which
the Indian Baha'is have embarked upon.

June 19, 1941

Letter of May 5, 1943

[From the Guardian:]

I have just heard the very sad news of the passing of your dearly-loved
father. This is a great loss to the Baha'i Community in that land and
indeed to the Baha'i world. His exemplary devotion, his indefatigable
efforts, his shining faith, his unswerving fidelity, his zeal, his
magnificent achievements, in both the administrative and teaching spheres
of Baha'i activity have enriched the annals of the Cause of Baha'u'llah. I
personally greatly loved and admired him. The Beloved, I assure you, was
pleased with him, and will now bless his soul in the Great Beyond. I will
pray for him from the depths of my heart. (Letter addressed to the
daughters of Mr. N.R. Vakil).

May 5, 1943

Letter of June 6, 1941

The responsibility of young believers is very great, as they must not only
fit themselves to inherit the work of the older Baha'is and carry on the
affairs of the Cause in general, but the world which lies ahead of them--as
promised by Baha'u'llah--will be a world ch