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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 154-155
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Letter of 8 August 1942
Dear Bahá'í Sister,
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Your letters of May 14th and June 10th together with their
enclosures reached the Guardian safely, and he has instructed me
to answer you on his behalf.
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He has been very gratified to hear of the successful Summer
School sessions, news of the Buxton one having just recently
reached him in your latest cable. He feels that you must all be
very encouraged that this new way of holding them in different
places, which circumstances made imperative, has proved so
successful in the end. It presages the day when the friends in
England will see the institutions of their Faith rising from various
flourishing centres.
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Regarding minute No. 507, the Guardian feels that it would
be better for either the mothers of Bahá'í children--or some
committee your Assembly might delegate the task to--to choose
excerpts from the Sacred Words to be used by the child rather
than just something made up. Of course prayer can be purely
spontaneous, but many of the sentences and thoughts combined
in Bahá'í writings of a devotional nature are easy to grasp, and
the revealed Word is endowed with a power of its own....
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Shoghi Effendi fully realises the strain which those who are so
actively bearing the weight of Bahá'í responsibility are subjected
to in these days, when already, as private individuals, the events
of the world are affecting their lives and drawing on their
strength. It makes the quality of Bahá'í service so much finer,
that it should entail on the part of all definite self-sacrifice.
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Though the friends may not be fully aware of it, their staunch
perseverance in carrying out their Bahá'í activities in the face of
war conditions, is really in itself of historic importance.
Convention, Summer Schools, meetings, all are not only
demonstrating the calibre of their faith, but also evincing marked
progress, all of which greatly cheers and delights the Guardian.
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He assures you and your fellow-members of the National
Spiritual Assembly, of his continued prayers on your behalf, that
you may be guided, protected and sustained in your devoted
services to the Faith....
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P.S.--Shoghi Effendi is deeply interested in the plans you are
developing to aid and attract more young people to the Faith. He
feels this is both praiseworthy and a valuable method of teaching
the Cause.
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[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-worker,
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The work so splendidly initiated by the English believers and so
devotedly and energetically pursued and consolidated in these days of
peril, uncertainty and turmoil, establishes beyond any doubt their right
to claim to be the true upholders and custodians of the Faith of
Bahá'u'lláh. They have, ever since the outbreak of this world wide
conflict, abundantly demonstrated the high quality of their faith, the
soundness of their institutions, the intensity of their devotion, and
their capacity to defend and promote the interests of their beloved
Cause. Impelled by admiration and gratitude for the work they have
already accomplished, I have contributed a sum which I trust will
enable them to extend the range of their teaching activities throughout
the British Isles. May the Beloved graciously assist them to achieve
such victories in this field as shall truly befit the conclusion of the first
century of the Bahá'í Era.
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Your true and grateful brother,
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Shoghi
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