oing of doctors,
nurses, and two periods in hospital, has necessitated putting aside all
correspondence for months. Now, however, thank God, Mr. Maxwell is slowly
improving, and the threads of normal existence can be taken up again by us
all.

The Guardian was very happy to note the community increased this year by
66. He was also delighted to see your Assembly arranged for all delegates
to be present. This is very important, especially during this period when
full consultation and cooperation is necessary amongst all the far-flung
Canadian Assemblies and groups, as well as isolated believers, in order to
ensure the success of your first and so important Plan.

He approves of the measures you have inaugurated for intensive teaching
during the coming year, and trusts they will meet with great success.

The British victories, in the face of great obstacles, and the consistent
success across the border in the U.S.A., must be at once an inspiration
and a challenge to the Canadian friends. There is no doubt they can
succeed if the entire community applies itself eagerly and confidently to
its task.

SETTLEMENT OF PIONEERS IN NEWFOUNDLAND

The Guardian is immensely pleased over the settlement of pioneers(8) in
Newfoundland; this has accomplished one of the specific desires of the
beloved Master, and will redound to the glory of the Canadian Baha'is.

The next, most important task is to get Miss Gates(9) into Greenland. This
is fraught with many difficulties, but he urges your Assembly to persevere
and exert its utmost to remove every obstacle. He will specially pray that
a way may open for her to enter that country.

Regarding your question about contributions: it is up to the individual to
decide; if he wishes to denote a sum to a specific purpose, he is free to
do so; but the friends should recognize the fact that too much labelling
of contributions will tie the hands of the Assembly and prevent it from
meeting its many obligations in various fields of Baha'i activity.

Concerning the points your Assembly raised in the letter of December 20,
1949:

The Guardian is very anxious that no new rules and regulations should be
introduced. As far as possible each N.S.A. should decide secondary matters
for itself, and not try to lay down a rule general in application.

Baha'u'llah gives no right of appeal to the law that both parents must
give permission to the marriage, if they are living--Baha'i marriages
should be