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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 136-137
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Letter of 18 February 1940
Dear Mr. Hofman,
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The Guardian wishes me to write and thank you for your
welcome communication of January 29th with its various
enclosures, all of which he was indeed most gratified and
encouraged to read.
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As you have not mentioned having received his general letter
of December 21st written in connection with the transfer of the
sacred remains of the Purest Branch and of `Abdu'l-Bahá's
mother to Mt. Carmel, I am taking the liberty of sending you on
his behalf another copy which, I trust, will reach you safely....
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The Guardian welcomes your suggestions to send a memorial
of the late Lady Blomfield for publication in the next issue of the
"Bahá'í World", Vol. VIII, and wishes you to send him in
addition a good photograph of her for reproduction in the same
volume.
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Also he would appreciate your sending him a brief account of
Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper's Bahá'í life and services together
with her photograph for publication in the same issue of the
Biennial.
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The passing away of these two long-standing believers has
indeed robbed the Cause in England of two of its most
distinguished members, and the English Bahá'í Community is
certainly the poorer now that it has been deprived of their ready
and invaluable support.
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The departure of Sitárih Khánum in particular is to be deeply
mourned, not only by the members of the Faith throughout
England, but by so many of her fellow-believers abroad, and the
Guardian himself feels most keenly the loss of so precious and
faithful a co-worker, who, in the early days following `Abdu'l-Bahá's
ascension, had proved of such invaluable assistance to him
in the discharge of his heavy duties and responsibilities....
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[From the Guardian:]
Dear co-workers,
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I wish to reaffirm my deep sense of gratitude and admiration for the
splendid manner in which the English believers are discharging their
duties and responsibilities in these days of increasing peril, anxiety
and stress. Their tenacity, courage, faith and noble exertions will as a
magnet attract the undoubted and promised blessing of Bahá'u'lláh.
They have, at a time when the basis of ordered society itself is rocking
and trembling, laid an unassailable foundation for the Administrative
Order of their Faith. Upon this basis the rising generation will erect
a noble structure that will excite the admiration of their fellow
countrymen. My prayers for them will continually be offered at the
Holy Shrines.
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Gratefully,
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Shoghi
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