Dr. Muehlschlegel has kindly transmitted to the Guardian your very warm
message, and he has read it with greatest pleasure and satisfaction, and
felt deeply touched at the assurances of devotion and loyalty which you
have been moved in conveying to him. He highly appreciates the sentiments
you have expressed, and fully reciprocates your greetings and good wishes.
He has been very much impressed indeed at the large number of the
attendants of this year's Convention, and hopes that in the years to come
that number will continue increasing.

The Annual Convention is indeed a very important gathering at which both
delegates and visitors should try their very best to be present. It is a
splendid and unique opportunity for the believers to come together and
deliberate on the vital and pressing issues facing the Cause. It is for
this reason, and also because the Convention is the sole body entrusted
with the election of the N.S.A., that the friends, and particularly the
delegates, should make every effort to take part in the deliberations and
discussions of that annual gathering.

With most loving greetings, and sincere good wishes from the Guardian to
you all....

[From the Guardian:]

Dearly beloved friends:

The Convention of the German believers marks another milestone in the
notable progress achieved in recent years by the German Baha'i Community.
My heart is filled with gratitude for the manifold evidences of the
tenacity of faith, the collective efforts, the consolidated unity, the
administrative accomplishments and the spiritual fervour so strikingly
displayed by its members. 'Abdu'l-Baha, whose special care, love and
solicitude for the followers of Baha'u'llah in that promising country,
most of you have recognized and no doubt still remember, is truly proud of
your accomplishments and is well-pleased with the spirit that so
powerfully animates you in His service. His spirit will continue to
overshadow you in your labours and to sustain and guide you in your
exertions. Persevere and be confident.

Affectionately
Shoghi

LETTER OF 10 SEPTEMBER 1936 (SUMMER SCHOOL)

10 September 1936 (Summer School)

Beloved Baha'i Friends,

Our dear friend Miss Koestlin has kindly transmitted to the Guardian the
beautiful message which you have addressed to him on the occasion of the
holding of the fifth German Baha'i Summer School at Esslingen, and I wish
to hasten in thanking you on his behalf for the expressi