qual except in some cases, the exclusion of women
from the International House of Justice, should not be surprising. From
the fact that there is no equality of functions between the sexes one
should not, however, infer that either sex is inherently superior or
inferior to the other, or that they are unequal in their rights.

Appearance of two Davids

Concerning the appearance of two Davids; there is a Tablet from
Abdu'l-Baha in which He says that just as there have been two Ishmaels,
one the son of Abraham, and the other one of the Prophets of Israel, there
have appeared two Davids, one the author of the Psalms and father of
Solomon, and the other before Moses.

Importance of the Teaching Campaign

The Guardian wishes me once again to stress the all-importance of the
teaching campaign throughout India and Burma. Much as he is aware of the
obstacles that stand in the way of the expansion of pioneer
teaching--obstacles which your sister Assembly in the U.S.A. are far in a
better position to overcome, owing to the larger resources at their
disposal and to their longer and wider experience in matters of
teaching--he nevertheless strongly feels that, through the united,
determined and passionate resolve of your N.S.A., of all the local
Assemblies, groups and individuals, much can be accomplished in that
direction, and firm foundations laid down for future expansion and
consolidation. The greater your handicaps the firmer your determination
should wax, and the more abundant will assuredly be the blessings and
confirmations of Baha'u'llah. May His love and guidance lead you and our
dearly-beloved friends in that land to still greater heights of selfless
accomplishment in His path, and thereby crown with success the Six-Year
Plan so ably devised and so energetically pursued by the N.S.A.

[From the Guardian:]

I wish to reassure you in person of my fervent and continued prayers for
the protection, the success and the spiritual advancement of the community
of the Indian and Burmese believers who, under your direction, and
stimulated by the initiative and example, of their national elected
representatives, are arising, in these days of widespread confusion,
turmoil and danger, to carry out the Plan they are pledged to fulfil. No
sacrifice can be regarded as too great for the attainment of so great and
splendid an objective. They should persevere in their task, undaunted by
the rising tide of calamity and des