ce and success.

With warm greetings,
R. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The Plan, on which the National elected representatives of the Baha'i
communities of Australia and New Zealand have spontaneously embarked marks
a turning-point, of great spiritual significance, in the evolution of the
Faith in those far-off lands, and is an evidence of the truly remarkable
spirit that animates them as well as the communities they represent. I
welcome this mighty step they have taken with joy, pride and gratitude,
and have hastened to transmit to them my contribution as a token of my
keen appreciation of their high endeavours, of my confidence in their
ability, and of my admiration for their zeal and noble determination in
the service of the Faith. The attention of the members of both communities
must henceforth be focused on the Plan, its progress, its requirements,
its significance and immediate objectives. All must participate without
exception without reserve, without delay. The Administrative Order which
they have laboured to establish must henceforth, through its organs and
agencies be utilized for the promotion of this vital purpose, this supreme
end. For no other purpose was it created. That it may serve this end, that
the Plan may speedily develop and yield its destined fruit and demonstrate
through its consummation the worthiness, the capacity and high-mindedness
of the organized body of the followers of Baha'u'llah in those distant
lands are the objects of my fervent and constant prayers at the Holy
Shrines.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.

LETTER OF MAY 11TH, 1948

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia and New
Zealand,

Mr. James Heggie, sec.

Haifa, May 11th, 1948.

Dear Baha'i Brother:

Your letter to our beloved Guardian, dated Dec. 11th, 1947, has been
received, and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

The devotion and perseverance of the believers in seeking to meet the
requirements of their Plan pleases and touches him immensely, and although
he fully realizes that the fewness of their numbers and the great
distances involved in such a vast country as Australia, form serious
handicaps in the progress of their teaching work, he, nevertheless, feels
confidant that they can achieve their goals in time, and raise their heads
proudly in the galaxy of their fellow-pioneers the world over.

We can truly say that this Ca