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words to learn that he is growing so weak physically. Will you kindly
assure him, as well as Mrs. Dunn, of his supplications for the
amelioration of his health and for the complete restoration of his forces.

In closing will you also convey his love and greetings to the members of
the N.S.A. and assure them once more of his continued prayers for their
welfare, protection and guidance,

Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

The detailed report of the activities of the national assembly--the
furthermost pillar of the Universal House of Justice which the high
endeavours of the believers of Australia and New-Zealand have reared--has
filled my heart and soul with immense joy and gratitude. The Beloved is
surely watching over and continually blessing your splendid
accomplishments, the plans you have conceived, the methods you have
devised, the efforts you are exerting, the services which you have
rendered. I will continue to pray for the consolidation and uninterrupted
expansion of your laudable activities in the service of so glorious and
mighty a Cause. Never relax nor despair. The tender plant which your hands
have raised and nurtured shall grow and will ultimately gather beneath its
shadow the whole of that far-off and promising continent.

Persevere and be happy.
Shoghi.

LETTER OF JANUARY 3RD, 1936

January 3rd, 1936.

The N.S.A. of the Baha'is of Australia and New-Zealand

Dear Baha'i Friends,

Miss Effie Baker is leaving for Australia with the consent and full
approval of the Guardian.

As you know for over ten years she has been devotedly working for the
Cause in Haifa, as keeper of the Western Pilgrim House and also as the
custodian of the International Baha'i Archives. During this long period of
service she has accomplished much for our beloved Cause, and she is now in
need of some rest after so many years of strenuous labours. She is going
to join her mother, and will, it is hoped, prove of great help to the
friends throughout Australia and New-Zealand in both their teaching and
administrative activities.

The Guardian hopes, therefore, that the friends will give her all the
opportunity she needs to help in the extension and consolidation of the
Cause throughout Australia and New-Zealand.

He is entrusting Miss Baker with a beautiful and most precious present for
the friends; it is one of the finest photographs of the Master which,