for God.

Now is the time for the Baha'is of the World to demonstrate the spiritual
vitality of the Faith, and to arise as one soul to spread the Glory of the
Lord over the face of the Earth. The Guardian is sure the spiritual power
released with the launching of this Great Ten Year Global Crusade, will
carry the consecrated and devoted friends to complete victory.

He will pray for the members of your Assembly, whose sacrificial services
he greatly values.

Faithfully yours,
Leroy Ioas

Assistant Secretary.

LETTER OF JUNE 23, 1953

Haifa, Israel,
June 23, 1953

Miss Gretta S. Lamprill, Secretary,
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia and New Zealand

Dear Baha'i Sister:

Your letters of June 18, July 29, October 7, 21 and 24 (2), November 10
and 18, 1952, and February 19, May 18 and 21, 1953 have been received by
the beloved Guardian, and he has instructed me to answer you on his
behalf. The various enclosures as well as material forwarded under
separate cover were also received.

Owing to extreme pressure of work here, which is getting worse all the
time, he has not been able to answer any N.S.A. letters from any country
for almost a year. He regrets this but unfortunately it was unavoidable.
As you can see, all your communications reached him, but he was too busy
to reply.

He appreciated your Assembly's gift of books gotten out by the Child
Education Committee, and assures you that the four copies of the bulletin
"Herald of the South", "Baha'i Youth Journal" and other material which you
sent, are quite satisfactory.

The thing that is most difficult for the Guardian is to have to read
through a sheaf of material in order to extract the salient information on
such vital subjects as pioneer activities, important decisions of the
National Assembly or the Teaching Committee etc. Two words in the text of
your letter might convey important items in a succinct and summarized
manner.

He was delighted to hear that as many as thirty of the Australian
believers are planning to attend the New Delhi Conference, and that a
large number of N.S.A. members, if not all, will be present. In a way, the
New Delhi Conference is one of the most important of all four conferences
to be held during the Holy Year, because at it, eight National Assemblies
must be represented and their joint teaching endeavor covers vast areas of
the globe, areas practically hitherto untouched by the Message of