y if he wants to really confirm souls. Mere passing and
giving a lecture or two is not sufficient unless there are resident
Baha'is to continue the work that was merely started. Anyhow Mrs. Ransom
Kehler is expected to reach Haifa in about 3 weeks and Shoghi Effendi will
hear the report of her journey from herself.

Translation of Baha'u'llah and the New Era

The Guardian was very glad to learn of your quick response to his
expressed desire in having Dr. Esslemont's book translated into Urdu and
Gujrati. As he comes to learn from one of the Parsee pilgrims here in
Haifa, the book has already been translated by a competent Baha'i in India
into Gujrati. So there remains only Urdu. So Shoghi Effendi wishes you to
concentrate upon having the book translated only into Urdu.

[From the Guardian:]

I wish you to concentrate your efforts on the completion of the Urdu
version of Dr. Esslemont's book, and to take the necessary step for its
early publication. I shall be only too glad to assist financially in its
printing as soon as its translation is completed. I also desire to stress
the paramount importance of following up the valuable work accomplished by
Mrs. Kehler and which I hope other international Baha'i teachers will
reinforce. How vast is the field and how small the number of competent
teachers! Baha'u'llah will however bless and crown our efforts with
success if we persevere and labour with unabated confidence and vigour.

April 5, 1932

Need of Baha'i Teachers all over the World

He sincerely hopes that as a result of her (Mrs. Kehler's) trip the Cause
will make a great progress in India and many souls will be drawn into the
Cause. It was surely very nice and wise on the part of the National
Assembly to appoint Mr. Pritam Singh to travel with her and help her make
openings into intellectual circles. It is unfortunate, however, that she
cannot stay long in every centre and make really confirmed believers such
as she did in certain centres in Australia. But perhaps the National
Assembly will attend to that task and keeping in touch with persons she
will interest, and gradually make them embrace the Faith and lend a help
towards its progress. We need teachers in every part of the world, and as
those who are in active service are few we should create some from the
material we have. It is the work of the N.S.A. to attend to such matters
and develop some of our young Baha'is into competent teachers. Ba