pect also.

Concerning your question as to whether a person may sign a registration
card and then request his declaration to not be made public: all such
administrative details must be referred to the N.S.A. for decision and
their instructions followed.

The Guardian counsels you to refrain by all means from criticizing and
attacking the National Assembly and its members or any local assemblies.
The good that you think can be done by such criticism is far out-weighed
by the harm it does. The new assemblies and believers will cease to have
confidence in the administration, cease to love and respect their
representatives and the pioneer work you have done will suffer in general.

December 1, 1944

Letter of July 29, 1942

The Guardian has been very pleased to note the progress the Bombay friends
have been making in their various activities. He would, however, urge the
Bombay Assembly and community to redouble their efforts in the field of
teaching; to send forth new souls into the pioneer field; and to devote as
much time as possible to fostering the spread of the Cause in nearby
centres.

He hopes that the contemplated celebration of the anniversary of the
Birthday of Baha'u'llah will prove to be a great success, and he sees no
objection to the friends helping nearby centres to hold a similar public
meeting to attract new souls and teach the Faith.

In all matters of national importance, or which in any way transcend the
purely local jurisdiction of the assembly, the Guardian would urge your
Assembly to consult with, and seek the advice of, the N.S.A., as only in
this way can administrative authority be upheld, and the work of the Cause
progress swiftly and smoothly just as the individual believers are bound
to support and sustain their local assembly, for the preservation of the
unity of the Faith and the strengthening of its as yet embryonic World
Order, so must the local assemblies obey and sustain their national
representatives. The closer the cooperation between local and national
assemblies, the greater will be the power and radiance which can and must
stream forth from these institutions to the suffering ranks of humanity.

[From the Guardian:]

The activities of the Indian believers in the teaching field, in these
days of uncertainty and peril, deserve the highest praise. I will
specially pray at the holy Shrines for the expansion of these activities
to which I attach the utmost importance in th