Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New ZealandShoghi, Effendi
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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
Shoghi, Effendi
Bahai Faith -- New Zealand; Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957 -- Correspondence
...The Guardian would also advise that the local assemblies take a similar
step, and obtain official recognition from the authorities. In case the
Auckland assembly has been registered in the government, will you be so
kind as to send him photostatic reproductions of any registration papers
or documents that the Auckland friends may have obtained from the
authorities, as he wishes to have them published in the next “Bahá’í
World”....
(Extract, ibid., p. 14)
(48) November 17th, 1936
Dear Bahá’í Sister,
On behalf of the Guardian I acknowledge with deepest thanks the receipt of
your letter of the 17th October, and wish also to thank your Assembly for
forwarding to him the photostatic reproduction of the registration
certificate of the Assembly of Auckland....
(Extract, ibid., p. 18)
(49) January 31st, 1938
Dear Bahá’í Sister,
The Guardian wishes me to express his loving thanks for your letter of the
third instant, enclosing the half-yearly reports of the Perth and Auckland
Spiritual Assemblies, all of which he has been delighted to read.
He wishes you to write the Auckland Assembly assuring them of his approval
of the request they have made on behalf of Miss Kitty Carpenter for
permission to visit Haifa. He has every hope that through this pilgrimage
she will be greatly refreshed and strengthened spiritually, and will upon
her return home impart to the friends in New-Zealand some measure of the
inspiration she will gain through close contact with the Holy Shrines....
(Extract, ibid., p. 24)
(50) November 2nd, 1938
Dear Bahá’í Sister,
...The Guardian wishes me to express his gratification at the news of the
enrolment of three new members in the Sydney Bahá’í group, and of two
others in the Auckland community. He will pray that these new believers
may continue deepening in their faith, and in their understanding of the
Teachings, and that each of them may arise and lend every assistance in
his power to the further expansion and firmer consolidation of the Faith
in that far-off continent....
(Extract, ibid., p. 28)
(51) March 22nd, 1939
Dear Bahá’í Brothers and Sisters,
The Guardian wishes me to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your card
conveying to him your Assembly’s greetings for Naw-Rúz, and to assure you
how deeply he feels appreciative of the renewed expressions of love which
you had felt prompted to transmit to him on such a happy and blessed
occasion.
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