to extend and
to further consolidate its national as well as international activities.

With warm greetings to you and to all the friends in Adelaide,

Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

My heart is filled with joy and gratitude as a result of the perusal of
your letter. I long to be in close and constant touch with your
newly-formed national assembly--the first of your administrative activities
and the herald of one of the most fruitful and stirring periods of the
history of the Faith in that promising continent. I will be so glad to
receive copies of the minutes of your gatherings, and urge you to keep in
close touch with your sister assemblies throughout the Baha'i world. I
will assuredly pray for you and your dear and devoted collaborators from
the depths of my heart.

Your true brother,
Shoghi.

LETTER OF OCTOBER 17TH, 1934

October 17th, 1934

Dear Baha'i Friend,

I am directed by the Guardian to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
dated August 31st with its most interesting enclosures, all of which he
has carefully read and considered. It is with deep gratification that he
follows the progress and extension of the work of your N.S.A., and he
hopes and prays that through the confirmations of the Almighty it will
serve to give an increasing impetus to the progress of the Faith in your
land.

The Guardian has read with particular interest the minutes of the meetings
of your N.S.A. He hopes to receive them regularly, and thus to be in close
and constant touch with your national activities.

In regard to your question as to whether it is permissible to substitute
the plural pronoun for the singular in prayers worded in the singular, the
Guardian would strongly urge your N.S.A. to inform the friends to strictly
adhere to the text of the Holy Writings, and not to deviate even a
hair-breadth from what has been revealed by the Holy Pen. Besides, it
should be noted that congregational prayer has been discouraged by
Baha'u'llah, and that it is allowed only in the case of the prayer for the
dead.

Concerning the Healing Prayer, the Guardian wishes me to inform you that
there is no special ruling for its recital. The believer is free to recite
it as many times and in the way he wishes. There are also no obligatory
prayers for the Fast. But there are some specific ones revealed by
Baha'u'llah for that purpose.

As to the instructions given in t