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The Light of Divine Guidance [First of Two Volumes]
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Pages 282-284
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Letter of 1 January 1957
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Mrs. Anna Grossmann:
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Your loving letter of December 16th was duly received,
and its contents presented to the Beloved Guardian.
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Needless to say, he is very disturbed with the recent
developments with regard to the Temple land and building.
This matter has gone along for a long period of time, and he
feels it is now reaching the point where it reflects on the
Faith. He feels very definitely that if there should be a failure
in connection with the Temple to be built in Frankfurt, it
would be a great set back to the Faith, not only in Germany,
but in all Europe.
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The Guardian suggests your Assembly read carefully, the
many statements and letters to the American National
Assembly, as to the importance of the Temple, and its
construction. He even says it will be the most important
teacher of the Faith, and with its completion, a new spiritual
movement will take place in America. Whatever the Master
has said with regard to the Temple in America, applies with
equal force to Germany. Surely we cannot allow the
negative influences at work in Frankfurt and Germany, in
connection with our Temple project, to stop our forward
progress.
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The Guardian would like your Assembly to consider the
project of the Temple land, and the construction of the
building, as its most important task, and give it precedence
over all other problems.
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So far as the question of Environs of Frankfurt is
concerned, he will allow you to determine what constitutes
the Environs of Frankfurt. If you feel Offenbach, which is a
separate city, is the environs of Frankfurt, he will approve
the construction there. If the hills of Taunus constitute the
environs, he will approve that location.
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If the objection of the city of Frankfurt to the Temple
model, is due to its size, why not reduce the size. The
important thing now is not the size of the building, but the
fact of the building.
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Therefore the Guardian will approve reduction in the
size, so as to permit construction now, and in Frankfurt, or
its environs.
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The Guardian will pray for the guidance of your
Assembly in working out this important project; that it may
be settled promptly, and that soon we may rejoice, with the
work of the Temple proceeding....
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