England. But it nevertheless
offers great possibilities of development and success, provided your
Assembly gives it full moral and financial support, and succeeds in
stimulating the interest and obtaining the assistance of the believers
outside Great Britain for its immediate and effective prosecution.

In this connection, he wishes you to assure the N.S.A. of his
whole-hearted and full approval of their suggestion to solicit
subscriptions from the Baha'is of those countries who normally order
literature from them. He feels it, indeed, to be the duty of every
believer who has the means, and has also the interest of the Cause at
heart, to assist in any capacity, and to any extent he can, in carrying
out the British N.S.A.'s project. Nothing can demonstrate more effectively
the spirit of solidarity and self-sacrifice which should animate the
friends than their response to this call. Aside from the fact that London
is the heart of the British Empire, and as such commands an importance
which few other centres in the world can equal and should consequently be
raised to the status of one of the leading outposts of the Faith, it
should be stated that now that the Administrative Order has at last been
firmly established and is being increasingly consolidated in that centre,
it is the supreme obligation of all the believers, both in Great Britain
and other European countries, to assist by every means in hastening this
internal development and growth. And it is quite evident that the
formation of a Publishing Company along the lines suggested by the British
N.S.A. is the greatest asset to such a development and expansion of the
Cause in London and throughout England as a whole.

It is the Guardian's hope that the response which the friends will make to
this project will be such as to mark the inauguration of a new era of
expansion of the Cause throughout the British Isles, and the rest of the
far-flung British Empire. He would appeal to every believer to carefully
ponder upon the responsibilities which he is called upon to shoulder in
order to meet this supreme and vital obligation.

Letter of 5 March 1937

5 March 1937(26)

Dear and prized co-worker,

Your subsequent letters dated Jan. 29th enclosing the minutes of the
National Assembly meeting, and February 26th enclosing copy of the Baha'i
Journal No. 5 have also reached me and have filled my heart with joy and
gratitude for the splendid services of your Assembly