ur way, attest the splendid progress you have achieved and
augur well for the future of your historic work in His service. The
summer-school is but one of those institutions which you have established
with such a rare spirit of devotion, such magnificent loyalty and such
assiduous care. The foundation you have laid is broad, solid and
unassailable. The rising generation who will build upon it will extol your
virtues, ennoble your task, preserve the record of your acts, and transmit
to posterity the great tradition which you are now so happily and nobly
establishing. My heart brims over with gratitude for all that you are
achieving, and is filled with hopes for all that you will achieve in the
near and distant future. Perseverance, fidelity, redoubled effort, will
enable you to reap a rich harvest and to attain your shining goal.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi.

LETTER OF NOVEMBER 4TH, 1940

November 4th, 1940

Dear Miss Brooks,

Your communications dated April 22nd and August 23rd written on behalf of
the N.S.A. of Australia and New-Zealand with the enclosed reports have all
been safely received, and their contents noted with feelings of deepest
satisfaction and gratitude by our beloved Guardian.

Also he has received the copy of the Mittagong Star, the reproduction of
registration certificate, the three snaps and the three photographs which
you had mailed under separate cover, for all of which he wishes you to
heartily thank the N.S.A. on his behalf.

He wishes you, in particular, to convey his warmest greetings and
congratulations to the members of the newly-elected N.S.A., whose names he
has been very pleased to note, and to assure them of his prayers for their
guidance and confirmation in the discharge of their heavy and sacred
duties and responsibilites throughout this year. Despite the sorrow and
distress created by the war, and the heavy sacrifices it is increasingly
imposing upon the community of the faithful throughout Australia and
New-Zealand, he confidently hopes that your Assembly, with the help and
support of all the believers in that land, will continue prosecuting, with
the same devoted zeal, resourcefulness and determination as before, its
twofold task of extending the scope of the teaching work, and of further
consolidating the foundations of the Administration. The unity and
efficiency with which it has been functioning in the past year, as
attested by the rich record of its