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by Mark Towfiq
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Unfolding Destiny
Pages 418-421
 

Letter of 14 May 1957
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Reading Dear Bahá'í Friends:
 
1

Your letter of May 8th has been received, and the beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

 
2

He was delighted to receive the news of your activities, and feels that Reading can be cited as a truly exemplary community in every way. He hopes you will maintain this enviable position as the years go by.

 
3

He will certainly pray that your teaching efforts may be richly blessed, and that you may not only continue to make Bahá'ís, but to export them, as you have done in the case of Edinburgh.

 
4

With warm Bahá'í greetings,

 
5

[From the Guardian:] May the Almighty bless your highly valued activities, guide every
step you take, remove every obstacle from your path, and graciously assist you to win great victories in the service of His Faith in the days to come,
 
6

Your true brother,

 
7

Shoghi

 
8

EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO INDIVIDUALS ---
 
9

Over three hundred letters to individuals residing in the British Isles have been studied and passages selected which are of permanent value.

 
10

These excerpts were taken from the letters of no more than twenty believers of whom only seven corresponded regularly with the Guardian.

 
11

They have been arranged chronologically; for details of the subject matter the reader must turn to the Index.

 
12

Almost all these passages are answers given by the Guardian to questions asked in personal letters to him. It is possible therefore to catch a glimpse of the changing problems facing the Bahá'í community and these frequently reflected conditions in the country as a whole. This is particularly significant in the years immediately following the Second World War for as the Guardian, in a letter written on his behalf by his secretary, wrote of the British believers,

 
13

"... he feels the greatest sympathy for them, and considers

 
14 that when their present achievements are assessed in the future,

people will give them a double measure of praise for having done so much when they were least fit to do it."