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Unfolding Destiny
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Pages 111-112
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Letter of 2 December 1936
Dear Bahá'í Friend,
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Your kind letter of November 22nd with enclosures have
been read with deep interest and profound gratitude by our
beloved Guardian, and their contents have imparted fresh
encouragement to his heart. He has also received your
communication of the 28th September with the accompanying
minutes of the British N.S.A. and the report of your Summer
School, and is indeed sorry for the long delay in thanking you
for them.
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Regarding Mr. Townshend, the Guardian is pleased to hear
that he has written you, and offered a method whereby he could
be freed to serve the Faith. He is confident that your N.S.A. will
give this matter their most careful and sympathetic consideration,
and fervently hopes that they will, as a result, be able to find
some way that would relieve Mr. Townshend of his many
domestic cares and troubles which, as you know only too well,
seriously impede the progress and expansion of his activities for
the Faith.
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It is a matter of deep regret, indeed, that our dear friend's
material position is such as to make it quite impossible for him
to devote his full time and energies to the Cause. The friends in
Great Britain, who are in special need of his able assistance in
their teaching work, should, therefore, consider it their
responsibility to find some solution to this urgent problem facing
one of their most distinguished and competent fellow-workers.
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Any suggestion which your N.S.A. could offer would
certainly be deeply appreciated by Mr. Townshend, and the
Guardian would be only too pleased to assist your Assembly in
insuring the success of any plan you may propose and decide
upon in this matter.
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Wishing you full and continued success in your work, and
assuring you again of Shoghi Effendi's fervent prayers on your
behalf and on behalf of your fellow-members in the N.S.A....
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[From the Guardian:]
Dear and prized co-worker,
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Your splendid collaboration with the English believers is, as I am
gradually and increasingly realising it, infusing a new life and a fresh
determination into individuals and assemblies which will prove of the
utmost benefit to our beloved Cause. Persevere in your remarkable
efforts and historic achievements. With the aid of Mrs. Bishop an
unprecedented and most powerful impetus will I am sure be given to
the onward march of the Cause of God. I am deeply grateful to you.
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Your true brother,
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Shoghi
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