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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 418-421
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Letter of 14 May 1957
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Reading
Dear Bahá'í Friends:
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Your letter of May 8th has been received, and the beloved
Guardian has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.
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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.
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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.
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With warm Bahá'í greetings,
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[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,
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Your true brother,
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Shoghi
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EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS
TO INDIVIDUALS
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Over three hundred letters to individuals residing in the
British Isles have been studied and passages selected which are of
permanent value.
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These excerpts were taken from the letters of no more than
twenty believers of whom only seven corresponded regularly
with the Guardian.
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They have been arranged chronologically; for details of the
subject matter the reader must turn to the Index.
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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,
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"... he feels the greatest sympathy for them, and considers
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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."
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