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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 73-74
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Letter of 8 February 1928
My dear Mr. Simpson,
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I am instructed by our dear Guardian to thank you for your
letter of Jan. 29th with the minutes of the regular meeting of the
English N.S.A. enclosed.
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He has read both your letter and the minutes with interest and
pleasure. He trusts that your next list of electors will show
marked progress and your weekly meetings at Lindsay Hall will
attract new and enlightened people. It is strange that the English
Bahá'ís have really contributed a great deal to the Cause, and in
the form of books and publications given us works of real and
permanent value--perhaps proportionately more than America,
and yet it is such a Herculean affair to bring in new fellow-workers.
Perhaps just that difficulty is a sign of their merit--
staunch and unflinching adherence once they believe in
something.
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In connection with the form in which new electors are to be
admitted into the Cause, our Guardian will personally append
his suggestions if any. You would do well to see what the
American system is.
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Shoghi Effendi hopes very much that Miss Pinchon's book
will prove a "good-seller" in England also. Perhaps in being less
scholarly it might prove more popular and widely read....
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[From the Guardian:]
My very dear and valued co-worker:
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Pressure of cares and anxieties, most of them sudden and unforeseen,
has caused the delay in mailing this letter to you. Although immersed
in an ocean of preoccupations and work, I can always find the time to
turn my heart in prayer at the Holy Shrines and supplicate for you as
well as for your fellow-workers in that land the Beloved's unfailing
Guidance, sustaining strength and imperishable blessings. May He
assist you to persevere in your task, and enable you to achieve in the
various fields of your activity your heart's desire.
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Your true brother,
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Shoghi
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