The path you are treading is hard and stony and beset with many pitfalls.
The tasks you are called upon to discharge are varied, complex, urgent and
gigantic. The resources at your disposal are meagre. The hour, however,
for raising the call of Baha'u'llah is propitious. The hearts of your
countrymen, prepared by bewilderment and suffering, are ready to respond
to His message. You stand at the threshold of a new and glorious era in
the evolution of His Faith in that land. The opportunities of the present
hour are priceless and may never recur again. Time is pressing. The eyes
of your fellow-workers in both Hemispheres are fixed upon you. Our beloved
Master who showered, through His visit and His messages to you, so much
love and encouragement and so many blessings, is watching over you from on
high, ready to sustain your efforts and lead you on to victory.

That you may rise to still greater heights of heroism, that you may
discharge befittingly your sacred responsibilities, that you may adorn the
annals of your Faith with still greater evidences of your devotion,
courage and perseverance, that you may achieve your high destiny as the
torch-bearers of the light of Divine Guidance to the neighbouring
countries in that continent, is the object of my fervent prayers at the
holy shrines, and the dearest wish of my heart.

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 15 NOVEMBER 1947 (TEACHING CONFERENCE)

15 November 1947 (Teaching Conference)

Dear Baha'i Friends:

Your message to our beloved Guardian reached him, and he has instructed me
to answer you on his behalf, and to tell you of how delighted he was to
learn of your Teaching Conference.

Such gatherings are a great stimulation to the work of the Cause, and
inspire the believers to go out and spread the Divine Message. He hopes
others will be held, as time goes by, in different parts of the Country,
so that many more of the friends can attend them.

He assures you all of his loving prayers for your welfare and your Baha'i
work....

[From the Guardian:]

May the Beloved aid you to extend continually the range of your truly
meritorious services, win memorable victories in the teaching field, and
promote, in a most effective manner, the vital interests of the
institutions of our glorious Faith,

Your true brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 17 JANUARY 1948

17 January 1948

INFORM GERMAN ASSEMBLY CUT OUT NOTE TO PRAYERS ENCLOSED IN THE