problems, thus enabling the Spiritual Assembly to fulfil one of its most
important functions, yet they are quite free to write to him if they feel
the urge to do so....

He was also very pleased to note the teaching plans undertaken by your
body at this time, particularly in respect to Manchester. He hopes the
believers there are all well and safe, and will pray for the confirmations
of Baha'u'llah in their contemplated teaching campaign.

Indeed, dear friends, his thoughts and prayers are constantly with you and
the beloved flock of English believers over whom you are so faithfully
watching through these dark days.

He wishes you at all times to turn to him for any advice or help you may
need.

With assurances of his abiding love...

[From the Guardian:]

Dearly beloved co-workers,

As the dangers confronting the believers in the British Isles increase in
number and gravity, my admiration, as well as the admiration of the
Baha'is in East and West, for the spirit that animates those who face
them, grows deeper and acquires added intensity and fervour. Though their
numbers be small, and their activities restricted, and their trials and
anxieties manifold and oppressive, yet their spiritual contribution
through their fortitude, valour and self-sacrifice, to the progressive
unfoldment of the Faith's latent potentialities in the Western World is
both notable and constantly increasing. As the clouds of war dissipate,
and the horrors of this universal carnage fade away, it will become
increasingly evident, to both the friends and foes of the Faith, how solid
has been the foundation which their indomitable spirit has laid, and how
rich the harvest which their incessant labours have yielded.

With a heart brimful with love and gratitude, I will, when visiting the
Holy Shrines, recall their signal acts, and supplicate increasing
blessings on the historic work, which, in their hour of trial, they are so
magnificently achieving, for the glory, for the honour, the extension and
the establishment of the invincible Faith of Baha'u'llah.

Shoghi

Letter of 30 May 1941

30 May 1941

PRAYING FERVENTLY GUIDANCE ASSEMBLY'S DELIBERATIONS PROTECTION BELIEVERS
SUCCESS ACTIVITIES FAITH LOVING APPRECIATION.

SHOGHI RABBANI

Letter of 9 July 1941

9 July 1941

ASSURE JOSEPHS APPROVAL PROFOUND APPRECIATION BUILDING SCHEME. THESE
FURTHER EVIDENCES GROWING VITALITY CONTINUALLY AFFLICTED BELIEVERS BRITISH
ISLE