deavour to follow the example of
the American National Assembly in method, action, and procedure. The
American Newsletter will indicate clearly the lines along which Baha'i
National Assemblies are to conduct their work in future and I earnestly
urge you to encourage the friends to follow and adopt the method outlined
in its columns.

August 19, 1927

Extend the Scope of Activities

For a country like India and also Burma where the Baha'i communities are
so much scattered and are of varied extraction a common centre to
coordinate the different efforts and to link up together both the
Assemblies within India and in the various parts of the world, is also ...
necessary, and our Guardian hopes and trusts to see in time great results
from this new measure. Of course much depends upon how well this organ
functions.

Shoghi Effendi is in good health having taken a good rest during the
summer. He awaits as much as ever the good news of the friends in India
and above all news of real accomplishment.

[From the Guardian:]

I hope that nothing has transpired of late that might have in any manner
affected the expansion of the work in those regions. I fully realize your
single-handedness in such a vast and varied field, but I assure you,
dearest friend, that your reward is proportionately great, for He that
watches over you is aware of the great devotion which animates you in the
pursuit of your arduous and noble task.

November 1, 1927

[Letter of November 16, 1927]

Your frequent communications keeping him in close touch with your
activities and the work in India, are deeply appreciated, and he relies
much upon your efforts to coordinate the work in India and to have more
direct and material results than we have been accustomed to lately. When
compared to some other countries and remembering the many years since the
Cause was first known there, India, I am afraid, does not come up to
expectations. Are we going to accept this secondary position or has the
future a surprise in store? At any rate we patiently wait.

November 16, 1927

[Letter of May 6, 1928]

He was greatly pleased with the news of the work of Prof. Pritam Singh in
Karachi and Lahore and he read his well-worded lectures with interest. It
gives him immense pleasure to keep in touch with his activities and he
prays for the success of his efforts from the bottom of his heart. He is
confident that when his plans are carried out and