pread
rapidly in Japan. The Japanese people have great vision and spirituality,
and the difficulties of the last war have prepared many of them for the
Divine Guidance. He therefore urges each and every one of you to treble
your efforts, so that the Cause may grow and develop rapidly.

He sends his loving greetings to you, and assures you all of his prayers
in your behalf.

(signed by Leroy Ioas)

(November 26, 1953)

[Letter of March 2, 1954]

The beloved Guardian sends his loving greetings to each and every one of
the friends in Japan. He greatly values their devotion and sacrifice for
the Faith, and the noble manner in which they are arising to spread the
Teachings in that land.

He feels the future of Japan is very great. The hearts and minds of the
Japanese people are awakened; and if the teaching work is carried on very
actively and audaciously, many souls will be attracted by the Divine
Fragrances.

The beloved Guardian is so confident that the Faith will spread rapidly in
Japan, and the believers will firmly establish the institutions of the
Cause, that he has chosen to send to them for ultimate display in their
National Haziratu'l-Quds in Tokyo one of the very precious relics from the
Shrine of Baha'u'llah. He has entrusted with our dear brother, Hiroyasu
Takano, a very precious brocade, which has rested immediately over the
remains of Baha'u'llah in His glorious Shrine. It is very precious and
very sacred.

The Guardian is sending this to the Spiritual Assembly of Tokyo as a gift.
The friends may wish to have it carefully and beautifully framed for
display in the Hazira, when it is acquired. Ultimately of course it is to
be hung in the Hazira of the National Assembly, when that great goal has
been achieved by the Japanese believers.

The beloved Guardian assures each and every one of you of his prayers in
your behalf.

(signed by Leroy Ioas)

(March 2, 1954)

[Letter of May 29, 1954]

The beloved Guardian was pleased to see the manner in which the Assembly
has undertaken its responsibility of enthusing the believers to carry on
teaching work throughout Japan in an aggressive manner.

The keynote of activity during the second year of the Ten-Year Crusade is
the multiplication of Assemblies, groups and isolated centers. The
Guardian feels the time is ripe for the active spread of the Faith
throughout Japan; and if pioneers and settlers will go to additional
cities and very activel