tion of the Faith, and also for the education and training
of Baha'i teachers.

It is the Guardian's fervent hope that as this Institution expands, and
fulfils the high hopes you all set upon it, it will be felt advisable by
the N.S.A. to consider the possibilities of establishing, in due time, one
or two more of such schools, thus permitting those friends, who in view of
their limited means are not in a position to travel over large distances,
to avail themselves of the benefits derived from these nascent Baha'i
institutions of learning.

Task Immense--Time Short

[From the Guardian:]

The Six-Year Plan, initiated by the National Assembly of India and Burma
with such spontaneous devotion, admirable zeal and unflinching resolve,
marks a milestone on the road of progress trodden by them and their
fellow-workers in both of those countries. The task is immense, the time
is short, the hour critical but the faith that animates and sustains them
is strong enough to surmount all obstacles, however formidable, that may
stand in their way. That they may persevere, redouble their efforts and
win signal success in their mighty enterprise is the dearest wish of my
heart and the object of my constant and earnest prayers.

December 1, 1938

Splendid Work Accomplished by Miss Root

The Guardian was most pleased to receive your letter of the 3rd inst. and
has noted with genuine satisfaction the farewell meeting which the N.S.A.
had arranged in Bombay in honour of our indefatigable and distinguished
Baha'i sister Miss Martha L. Root on the occasion of her departure to
Australia.

The feelings of unbounded joy with which you all unanimously acclaimed her
arrival in India, and the expressions of deep and sorrowful regret which
your National Assembly, as the official mouthpiece of all the Indian and
Burmese believers, had been moved to convey to her upon her leaving your
shores, all attest the high value which the friends have attached to her
presence in India and the splendid work accomplished by her throughout her
travels in that country. The cooperation she had received from the
Assemblies and individual believers in every centre she visited, and the
effective support, both moral and material, so lovingly and continually
extended to her by the N.S.A. in the execution of her teaching plans, have
contributed to a marked degree to the success of her journey, which has
been indeed the longest and most fruitful she h