he whole thing completed in the
course of the next few months, preferably before the termination of your
Assembly's term of office next April....

The Guardian has read with considerable interest Mr. Balyuzi's booklet on
"Baha'u'llah", and hopes that the two companion essays on the Bab and the
Master on which he is working will be soon completed and ready for
distribution, as he feels they can be of a valuable help to the friends in
their teaching work.

With the renewed assurances of his prayers for the confirmation of your
services, and reciprocating your greetings....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear co-worker,

The energy, loyalty and resourcefulness with which your Assembly is
conducting and extending the manifold activities of the Faith in these
days of stress and trial deserve the highest praise. Your achievements
constitute indeed a landmark in the history of the Faith in that land. I
urge you, with all earnestness and with feelings of abounding gratitude,
to redouble your efforts and to persevere until your highest hopes and
plans in both the spiritual and administrative spheres are realised and
fulfilled. My prayers are always with you.

Shoghi

Letter of 27 November 1938

27 November 1938

Dear Baha'i Brother,

I am directed by our beloved Guardian to express his thanks for your
letter of the 2nd inst. written on behalf of the N.S.A.

He has noted your Assembly's request for his advice as to what forms of
national service friends may volunteer for in times of emergency. While
the believers, he feels, should exert every effort to obtain from the
authorities a permit exempting them from active military service in a
combatant capacity, it is their duty at the same time, as loyal and
devoted citizens, to offer their services to their country in any field of
national service which is not specifically aggressive or directly
military. Such forms of national work as air raid precaution service,
ambulance corps, and other humanitarian work or activity of a
non-combatant nature, are the most suitable types of service the friends
can render, and which they should gladly volunteer for, since in addition
to the fact that they do not involve any violation of the spirit or
principle of the Teachings, they constitute a form of social and
humanitarian service which the Cause holds sacred and emphatically
enjoins.

The Guardian has noted with genuine satisfaction what you had written
about your recent visit