rker,
Martha, to your shores is approaching and I feel confident that her
collaboration with you will lend an unprecedented impetus to the
advancement of the Faith. Laden with laurels, animated by an unquenchable
spirit, armed with a faith that none can surpass, she will, I feel sure,
contribute magnificently to the magnificent work her co-workers in
Australia and New Zealand have so valiantly achieved and are so
energetically and methodically extending. My prayers for you and for her
will continue to be offered with a heart filled with pride, joy and
gratitude.

Your true brother,
Shoghi.

LETTER OF FEBRUARY 15TH, 1939

February 15th, 1939.

Dear Miss Brooks:

Your letter of January 17th, enclosing one addressed to the Guardian by
the Sydney Spiritual Assembly, have both duly arrived, and their contents
read by him with deepest satisfaction and with feelings of unbounded
gratitude.

He is writing the Sydney Assembly separately, assuring them that Miss
Davis who is on a world tour, would be most welcome to visit the Holy
Shrines in Haifa and Bahji, but he himself is exceedingly sorry not to be
able to meet her, as he is at present away from the Holy Land, and may not
be back to Haifa before some time. He hopes, nevertheless, Miss Davis will
benefit from her close contact with the Sacred Places of the Faith, and
will gain such experiences as will stimulate still further her interest in
the Cause, and lead her gradually to fully and unreservedly embrace its
truth.

Regarding the extensive preparations made by the N.S.A. in connection with
the teaching travels of our indefatigable and highly-esteemed Baha'i
sister Miss Martha Root throughout Australia and New-Zealand; the Guardian
feels truly delighted and profoundly grateful to your Assembly for the
befitting welcome you have extended to her, and for the arrangements you
have made for her to broadcast her speeches, and to contact as many
individuals and organisations as her time and health permit. You are
certainly fully availing yourself of the opportunity of her presence in
your midst to further intensify the campaign of teaching throughout
Australia, and you can rest assured that Baha'u'llah will reinforce and
bless your endeavours for the accomplishment of so vital and so sacred a
task.

The draft for thirty pounds which you had enclosed in your letter,
representing the contribution of the believers of Australia and
New-Zealand toward the Intern