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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 99-100
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Letter of 22 November 1934
Dear Bahá'í Sister,
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Your letters dated September 21st and November 16th have
been received and their contents carefully noted by the Guardian.
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He has also received the one hundred and fifty copies of "The
Promise of All Ages" and wishes me to thank you for them, and
to renew his appreciation of your painstaking efforts for the
publication of this most timely and singularly penetrating book
on the Cause. He hopes and prays that your labours in this
connexion may be abundantly rewarded. He has already sent
Mr. Townshend a cheque of thirty-five pounds on account of
the 150 copies of his book. He hopes the sum will reach him
very soon. He would deeply appreciate if you kindly send him
copies of the letters of acknowledgment which you receive from
those to whom the book has been offered, as in this way he can
more or less know of the reaction which the book has produced
on the mind of the intellectual public in London and elsewhere.
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With regard to Mr. Townshend's suggestion to procure the
copyright of the portraits of the Master taken in Paris, Shoghi
Effendi fully approves the idea, and would advise you to write
the Paris Assembly about it and to try to enlist their co-operation
and help in this matter.
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The Guardian also wishes to express his whole-hearted
approval of the steps your National Assembly is taking for
incorporating their Assembly as a duly recognised religious body
in England and throughout the British Isles. He would suggest
that in case the authorities refuse to recognise the N.S.A. as a
religious society you should insist on having it temporarily
registered as a commercial body or under any other designation.
He requests you to send him copies of the registration documents
as soon as they are ready, as he intends to take the necessary steps
for the establishment of a Palestine Branch of your National
Assembly similar to that which the American N.S.A. now
possesses in Palestine.
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With his fervent prayers and loving greetings to you and to
all the friends in London,
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Yours in His Service,
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[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-worker:
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The books you have sent me are being widely distributed and I am
sure they will serve to stimulate genuine interest in the fundamentals
of the Faith. A special and sustained effort, I feel, should be exerted by
your National Assembly in order to ensure that copies of this brilliant
production may reach most, if not all the Bahá'í centres throughout the
East and West and may be made accessible to the most influential
leaders and organisations in every continent of the Globe. The success
it can achieve largely depends upon the publicity which the continued
and organised endeavours of your Assembly can now accord it.
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Praying for your success and protection.
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Your true brother,
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Shoghi
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