he meeting of the
Assemblies and at the invitation of that body. This, Shoghi Effendi
considers, to be as expert advice which is absolutely necessary for good
administration. The members of the Assembly are not supposed to know
everything on every subject, so they can invite a person, versed in that
question, to attend their meetings and explain his views. But naturally he
will have no right to vote....

[From the Guardian:]

My dear and precious co-worker,

I am glad and grateful to feel that the joint efforts of Martha and
Mountfort(13) have given a fresh impetus to the promotion of the Cause in
Great Britain. I trust that the collective and individual efforts of the
members of the British Spiritual Assemblies will serve to consolidate the
work already achieved. I should be pleased to receive if available full
copies of any newspapers in Great Britain that may have published the
appreciations broadcast by the Queen of Rumania. The entire issue of the
papers--not clippings--will be of great significance to the friends in
Persia. Ten copies of each would be sufficient. I wish also to request you
to urge all the friends in Great Britain to subscribe to the "Messager
Baha'i" published by Mrs. Stannard in Geneva. It is essential and
valuable.

Your true brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 29 October 1926

29 October 1926(14)

To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout
the West.

Dear fellow-workers in the Divine Vineyard!

It will gladden and rejoice every one of you to learn that from various
quarters there has of late reached the Holy Land tidings of fresh
developments that are a clear indication of those hidden and transforming
influences which, from the source of Baha'u'llah's mystic strength,
continue to flow with ever-increasing vitality into the heart of this
troubled world.

Both in the wider field of its spiritual conquests, where its indomitable
spirit is forging ahead, capturing the heights, pervading the multitude;
as well as in the gradual consolidation of the administrative structure
which its avowed followers the world over are labouring to raise and
fortify, the Faith of Baha'u'llah, we can increasingly discern, bids fair
to become that force which, though not as yet universally recognised, none
can afford to belittle or ignore.

In the bold and repeated testimonies which Her Majesty, Queen Marie of
Rumania, has chosen to give to the world--a copy of whose latest