ed and unshaken. I
shall be glad to contribute the sum of thirty pounds as soon as I hear
that arrangements have been made for the publication of Esslemont's book,
and trust and pray that ways and means will be found to bring to a
successful conclusion this all-important undertaking.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 25 APRIL 1938

25 April 1938

Dear Friends,

The postcard message which you had sent the Guardian on the occasion of
Dr. Muehlschlegel's visit to Vienna, has just been received, and it made
him immensely happy to realize that the friends in Germany and Austria
have been again drawn together, and are closer than ever in the past. He
hopes that the removal of the barriers which have hitherto so sadly
separated the German and Austrian communities will mark the beginning of a
new era of unprecedented growth and expansion in your affairs. He is
certain that you are fully alive to the far-reaching possibilities which
the present hour offers, and wishes you therefore to be happy and
thankful, and confident in the blessings which the future has in store for
you, and your dear co-workers in that land.

I take this opportunity of assuring you once more of his prayers for your
welfare, protection and continued guidance, and reciprocating your very
kind greetings,...

[From the Guardian:]

Assuring you in person of my incessant prayers for your protection,
guidance and happiness,

your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 21 MAY 1938

21 May 1938

Dear Frau Muehlschlegel,

Many thanks from the Guardian for your very kind letter of the 11th ins.
just received, and also for the revised manuscript of the German
translation of the "Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" you have sent under
separate cover. He indeed appreciates Dr. Muehlschlegel's painstaking
efforts in revising the text, and wishes you to assure him that he will
pray that a way may be soon opened for its publication.

As regards the German "Baha'u'llah and the New Era", it would certainly
rejoice your heart to know that in a letter recently received from the
American N.S.A. they have suggested to defray the cost of purchasing the
types, and of arranging for its publication in Switzerland. The Guardian
wrote them in reply approving of their suggestion, and urged them to take
immediately the necessary steps, and also informed them of his offer to
contribute thirty pounds towards the printing cost. He wi