husband have
become declared Baha'is; and he will ardently pray in the Holy Shrines
that each of you may become an active and devoted servant of Baha'u'llah,
and may be assisted in bringing many souls in that land to the light of
this great Faith, and carry on the work nobly started by the dear
Davenports.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(March 21, 1952)

[Letter of April 22, 1952]

To Mr. Tameo Hongo

It brings him (the Guardian) great joy to realize that we see before our
eyes the promises of Baha'u'llah being fulfilled, and the peoples of East
and West embracing as lovers, and united in the service of God and of man.

He feels that the Japanese people, so sensitive to every form of beauty
both spiritual and material, will have a deep appreciation of the
Teachings of Baha'u'llah, not only because of their truth and justice, but
because of the great beauty which permeates them, a beauty which will
gradually, through the fulfillment of His prophecies and the practice of
His Laws and Principles, permeate the life of mankind, and create a
society such as has never been dreamed of before.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(April 22, 1952)

[Letter of October 5, 1953]

To Mr. Michitoshi Zenimoto

Your letter has been received by the beloved Guardian and he has
instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

Baha'u'llah wrote, many, many years ago: "The vitality of men's belief in
God is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine
can ever restore it. The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the
vitals of human society; what else but the Elixir of His potent Revelation
can cleanse and revive it?"

This is the ebb of the tide. The Baha'is know that the tide will turn and
come in, after mankind has suffered, with mighty waves of faith and
devotion. The people will enter the Cause of God in troops, and the whole
condition will change. The Baha'is see this new condition which will take
place, as one on the mountain-top sees the first glimpse of the dawn,
before others are aware of it; and it is toward that that the Baha'is must
work.

The Guardian will pray that you may be instrumental in bringing many of
your fellow-youth into the Faith. He sends you his loving greetings.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(October 5, 1953)

[Letter of December 30, 1955]

To Miss Yoshiko Morita

The photograph of the Japanese Baha'is, who attended the conference
recently held in Nikko, brought great joy t