r national fund.

He is pleased to learn that the editor of "The Times' Literary Supplement"
has accepted to have Canon Townshend's book reviewed in his paper. He
trusts that the result will be such as to stimulate many people to buy
this volume, and to carefully and seriously study and meditate upon its
contents.

With reference to Mr. ... property on Mt. Carmel, the Guardian specially
requests you to proceed quickly in the matter of your National Assembly's
incorporation so as to enable him to establish a branch of that Assembly
in Palestine and thus make possible the registration of the land in
question in the name of the British N.S.A. The land is completely
safe-guarded at present.

He would deeply appreciate if you send him photostatic copies of the
registration documents as soon as they will be ready.

In this connection, the Guardian wishes me to draw once more your
attention to the importance of following, in the adoption of your
Assembly's constitution, complete and exact wording of the text of the
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the American N.S.A., with due
consideration however to all local conditions which may necessitate some
minor departure from the original American copy.

It will interest you to know that the N.S.A. of the Baha'is of India and
Burma have carefully followed the constitutions adopted by the American
believers, both in the local and the national sphere, and have succeeded
in registering their National Assembly as a legal body empowered to
administer the affairs of the Cause throughout India and Burma. The
Guardian is now engaged in establishing a branch of the Indian N.S.A. in
Palestine. The National Assemblies of Egypt, 'Iraq and Persia have
likewise adopted without any alteration whatever the text of the American
constitution as a pattern for their local as well as national regulations
and by-laws.

Yours in His Service,

[From the Guardian:]

May the Almighty enable you to surmount all the obstacles that stand in
your path and accomplish the great project which you are initiating, and
establish your manifold administrative activities on a sound, permanent
and unassailable basis.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

Letter of 27 December 1934

27 December 1934

Dear Mrs. Slade,

The Guardian has directed me to send you enclosed a copy of the
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of India and Burma.

You wi