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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
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Pages 4-6
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(2) May 8th, 1925
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Alláh-u-abhá
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Dear Bahá'í Sister,
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Shoghi Effendi was very pleased to receive this morning
your letter of 28th April, but we were very sorry to hear
you have been ill and hope your health will soon be completely
restored.[+E3] It was nice that you saw Shoghi's sister and
Soheil's brother in London.
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I forget whether I gave you the address of Mr and Mrs
King, c/o Messrs Hayman and King, 202 Old Christchurch
Rd. Bournemouth. They are very kind-hearted Bahá'ís and
will be delighted to see any of you if you call. Both of them
work in the business and you are most likely to see them if
you call there. They live above the shop.
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I gave you Sister Challis's address at West Moors
(Ferndown Lodge). You can get there by 'bus from Bournemouth
Sq. or Lansdowne, which will drop you right at
Sister Challis's door (She keeps a nursing home) or you can
go by train from West Bournemouth to West Moors station
which is within 5 minutes' walk of Ferndown Lodge. I hope
you will be able to see her.
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As I write, the Greatest Holy Leaf is on a visit to the
Shrine of the Master. It is over a year, I think, since she has
been able to visit the shrine and until now she has not seen the
new Gardens, in the laying out of which Shoghi Effendi has
taken such a deep interest. The Gardens are looking lovely
now and it is easy to imagine how delighted she will be. One
day during the feast of Ridván she and the Holy Mother were
able to visit Bahjí and the Garden of Ridván.
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I have quite recovered from my pleurisy now and am
steadily regaining my strength.
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Shoghi Effendi is still tired. I hope he will soon be able
to take a rest.
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All the friends here join in loving greetings and best
wishes to yourself, your son and daughter, Miss Stevenson
and Effie Baker.[+E4] With warmest greetings.
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Your brother in the service of the
Beloved,
J. E. Esslemont
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[From the Guardian:]
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My dear precious sister in `Abdu'l-Bahá:
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I was so glad to hear from you directly and learn of
your improved health and meeting with the English Bahá'ís. I
need not assure you of my ardent prayers for your happiness,
good health and continued success in the service of the
Cause. I hope and pray you will be enabled by the guiding
spirit of the Master not only to stimulate the interest of your
friends and relations in this Cause but to make of some of
them earnest and whole-hearted believers and supporters of
the Faith.
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Shoghi
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