Assuring you one and all of Shoghi Effendi’s warm regards and of his prayers for you, [From the Guardian:] With the assurance of my deep affection and fervent prayers at the holy Shrines for you, Your true brother, Shoghi LETTER OF 30 APRIL 1930 30 April 1930 To the Friends gathered at Esslingen At this season of the year when Bahá’ís throughout the world are celebrating the Ridván festivities and are renewing their determination to work and live under the banner of Bahá’u’lláh, Shoghi Effendi is very glad indeed to receive your message. He wishes me to take the opportunity and assure you of his affection and also of his wish and prayers that you may strive unitedly for the progress of the Faith and its establishment in your land. He hopes that you will stand firm, unaffected by the dark forces around us, and that you will help to carry the message of Bahá’u’lláh far and wide. [From the Guardian:] ...I will continue to pray for you from the depths of my heart. The tests and trials, through which you are passing, are for the good of our beloved Cause. Be happy and hopeful. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá will bless you a hundredfold for your perseverance and devoted efforts. Your true brother, Shoghi LETTER OF 14 DECEMBER 1930 14 December 1930 Shoghi Effendi ... is extremely appreciative of your desire to serve the Cause and help to spread its message of peace throughout the world, and sincerely hopes that the time would come when you would realize this hope and attain your heart’s desire. We are, however, told and urged by the Master to consult with our friends, especially the Assemblies, before we undertake any important decision in our life especially when the subject pertains to any plan of service we have in mind. There are always so many circumstances to take into consideration. Personally Shoghi Effendi has no objection to any such plan of service but would much prefer to have you consider, in consultation with the friends, the subject from all its aspects, among others its financial one. Meanwhile, Shoghi Effendi hopes that you will devote all your free time to the study of the Teachings, and at the same time help their spread in Germany. Europe with all its menaces of war surely needs the principles of the Cause that are the only foundations for a permanent establishment of peace. LETTER OF 8 APRIL 1931 8 April 1931 Shoghi Effendi wishes me to ... express his great pleasure for the service you have been rendering the friends by visiting them and telling them of your experiences in Haifa. Those who are privileged to visit the shrines and obtain from it its life-giving spirit, should on their return home, diffuse it among the friends, gladden their heart and thus draw them nearer to the source of all blessing.