Shoghi Effendi, the members of the Holy Household and the friends here join in loving greetings and best wishes. Your brother in the service of the Beloved, J. E. Esslemont Mrs Schopflocher arrived here last night after a very successful tour in Russia, Persia and Iraq. [From the Guardian:] _My dear co-worker:_ _I was very glad indeed to learn about your experiences and visit to the friends and your firm determination to labour unceasingly in the Divine Vineyard. I will continue to pray for you that all your relatives and friends may recognise and be illumined with the resplendent Light of this Divine Revelation. Never feel disheartened and trust me ever your affectionate, grateful and true brother in the service of the Cause._ _Shoghi_ (6) November 4th, 1925 Dear Bahá’í Sister, Shoghi Effendi received your kind letter and wishes me to acknowledge its receipt. He hopes that on your return to New Zealand you will obtain divine assistance in your services to the Cause. That land has been newly opened to the Bahá’í Movement. The work of the friends therefore, interesting and useful as it may be, is hard and most exacting to one’s patience and energy. It needs great perseverance to obtain a hearing among the people and draw their attention to this Blessed Cause. But once that that has been obtained and the way smoothed then progress becomes increasingly great and the fruits of your labours appreciated. Shoghi Effendi is very glad that you have enjoyed your trip to England. The Friends there though they are few in number, are full of love and affection, one cannot but feel at home among them. Shoghi Effendi thanks Miss Nora Lee for the kind contribution she has made to the Cause. It will be spent for the progress of this movement so dear to the heart of us all. Enclosed there will be a receipt for that amount. Shoghi Effendi and the other members of the family send you their best Bahá’í love and greeting and wish you success in your services to the Cause. Your brother in His Name, Ruhi Afnan [From the Guardian:] _My dearest fellow-worker:_ _My prayers accompany you wherever you go. I wish you to be happy, confident and active. Rest assured of my great admiration of your zeal and steadfast labours, of my confidence in the success of your splendid pioneer services and of my eagerness to hear from you about the progress of your work._ _Your true brother, _ _ Shoghi_ (7) December 5th, 1925 _To the publisher of the Bahá’í Magazine, “The Herald of the South”._ _My dear friend and fellow-worker:_ _I have just heard the welcome news of the publication of the first issue of the Bahá’í Journal, recently established by the friends of Australia and New Zealand. I rejoice in this new and notable Bahá’í enterprise, particularly as it is undertaken by my dearly-beloved and self-sacrificing brothers and sisters in a land which holds so great a promise for the future._