ers in
Frankfurt a.M. reported to him, and to receive pictures of the building
purchased, for publication in "Baha'i World".

The way the work your Assembly is doing is progressing, pleases him
greatly, and he assures you all of his loving prayers on your behalf, for
your protection and your success....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The marvellous progress achieved in recent months by the virile, steadfast
and dearly beloved German Baha'i community has rejoiced my heart, and
deepened the admiration of the followers of the Faith of Baha'u'llah in
every land, for the qualities of mind and heart that distinguish the
adherents of this Cause in your country.

The marvellous increase in the number of newly-enrolled believers, the
multiplication of groups and assemblies throughout the length and breadth
of your land, the purchase and projected restoration of the national
Haziratu'l-Quds in the city of Frankfurt, the impetus lent to the
translation and publication of Baha'i Literature, the receptivity shown by
your country-men to the teachings of Baha'u'llah, the consolidation of the
various agencies of a steadily expanding Administrative Order in the
various zones of your country--all these augur well for the complete
fulfilment of 'Abdu'l-Baha's glorious prophecies regarding its future.

The doubling of the number of delegates to the next Baha'i national
convention will eloquently testify to this remarkable growth and rapid
consolidation of the community you are privileged to serve and direct. The
interests of the Austrian Baha'i community should, while the work is
steadily progressing in Germany, be vigilantly and determinedly promoted.
Through guidance, assistance, encouragement, frequent visits when ever
possible, the community of the believers in Austria should be nursed and
prepared to discharge befittingly its sacred responsibilities, until such
time, as has been the case with Canada, as it can elect its own national
assembly and assume independent existence within the world-wide Baha'i
community.

At this propitious moment in the evolution of the Faith in your country,
at a time when the American, the British, the Indian, the Persian, the
Australian, the Canadian and Iraqi national Baha'i communities are busily
engaged in prosecuting specially conceived Plans for the systematic
propagation of the Faith within their respective countries and beyond
their confines, it is only fitting for a co