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
With love also to Effie Baker and all the other friends,
Your brother in the service of the Beloved,
J. E. Esslemont
[From the Guardian:]
_My precious Bahá’í sister:--_
_I wish to assure you personally of my appreciation of your devotion to
the Cause, and your earnest efforts to promote it as well as my fervent
prayers for your spiritual advancement, success and happiness. I will
always remember you most tenderly in my hours of visit at the three holy
Shrines and beseech for you and the New Zealand friends the blessings of
our loving and almighty Master._
_You true brother, _
_ Shoghi_
(4) May 21st, 1925
Alláh-u-abhá
Dear Bahá’í Brother,
Shoghi Effendi has asked me to reply to your kind letter of 11th April. He
is delighted to hear that you propose starting a Bahá’í Magazine for
Australia and New Zealand and suggests as a suitable title “The Herald of
the South”. Every 19 days a letter will be sent from Haifa to Mr and Mrs
Hyde Dunn giving the news of the Cause. Owing to the restricted facilities
for multiplying copies which are at present available here, I fear it will
not be possible to send another copy to you, but doubtless you can arrange
with Mr and Mrs Hyde Dunn to have their copy passed on to you for the
magazine. We are glad to hear that notwithstanding the absence of the
Blundells and Margaret Stevenson, the friends in New Zealand are remaining
united and active. We hope that when the pilgrims return the faith and
enthusiasm of the believers will be greatly deepened and strengthened and
that many new believers may be attracted. I had a long letter from Effie
Baker yesterday. She is very devoted and whole-hearted and will be a
valuable worker for the Cause, I think, and a great help to Father and
Mother Dunn. When she wrote, Margaret Stevenson had gone to Scotland and
Mrs and Miss Blundell were in Bournemouth. Effie Baker hopes to make a
return visit to Haifa on her way back to Australia.
Shoghi Effendi assures you of his prayers on behalf of your mother,
yourself and all the Australasian friends and his hopes that the proposed
Magazine may greatly help the spread of the Glad Tidings in Australia and
New Zealand.
With warmest greetings and best wishes,
Yours sincerely in the Master’s service,
J. E. Esslemont
[From the Guardian:]
_My dear fellow-worker:_
_Your charming letter truly gladdened my heart. I will follow the
development of your magazine with keen interest and assure you of my
desire to help and promote its interests to the fullest possible extent. I
am enclosing the photographs of the shrine and gardens recently laid out
in the close neighbourhood of the Shrines of the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. I
assure you of my love, appreciation and fervent prayers._
_Yours, _
_ Shoghi_
(5) May 28th, 1925
Alláh-u-abhá.
Dear Bahá’í Sister,
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