use is a cause that enables people to achieve
the impossible! For the Baha'is, everywhere, for the most part, are people
with no great distinguishments of either wealth or fame, and yet once they
make the effort and go forth in the name of Baha'u'llah to spread His
Faith, they become, each one, as efficacious as a host! Witness what
Mustafa Raumie accomplished in Burma, and a handful of pioneers achieved,
in a decade, in Latin America! It is the quality of devotion and
self-sacrifice that brings rewards in the service of this Faith rather
than means, ability or financial backing.

This has again, during the last few years, been demonstrated even more
remarkably by the British Baha'is, who have not only had to contend with
very limited means and a small community to draw from, but have also had
infinite restrictions and privations to put up with--and, in spite of this,
they are steadily gaining on the requirements of the Plan they have set
for themselves, and, indeed, are startling and inspiring their
fellow-Baha'is everywhere by their spirit and achievements!

He hopes that now, from "down under", news will begin to flow out to the
Baha'i World of the remarkable accomplishments of the Australians and New
Zealanders!

Regarding the question you asked him about the Baha'i sacred writings:
these should be regarded as the writings of the Bab, Baha'u'llah and
'Abdu'l-Baha and only these should be read during the purely devotional
part of the Feast.

He wishes to assure you, and all the other members of the N.S.A., of his
most loving and ardent prayers for the success of your various
undertakings and above all, for the success of your teaching Plan.

With warmest greetings,
R. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The Plan launched by the small yet highly promising community of devoted
believers in Australia and New Zealand constitutes a landmark of unusual
significance in the history of the evolution of the Faith in that far-off
continent. It opens a new chapter, rich in promise, momentous in the
events which it must record, and destined to be regarded as a prelude to
still more glorious chapters in the annals of the Faith in the Antipodes.

The limited resources at the disposal of the prosecutors of the Plan, the
vastness of the territory in which it must operate, the fewness of the
numbers of those participating in its execution, offer a mighty challenge
which no loyal follower of the Fait