I thank you on behalf of our dear Guardian for your welcome letter of the 2nd. It was with unbounded joy and great hopes for the future that we learnt of the success of your first National Convention. May it prove to be the beginning of a new era of achievement and expansion in the field of service. Time was when individually we had to drink deep from the all-satisfying teachings of the Bahá’í Faith, and although this is far from being accomplished yet it is time for us to share with many others what we firmly believe.... Miss Rosenberg left only a few days ago and I suppose she will arrive back home earlier than this letter. As she will have plenty of news to give you I hardly need add any.... [From the Guardian:] My dear and valued co-worker: Although I rejoice at your appointment as member of the National and local Assemblies, I fully sympathise with you in your arduous work and responsibilities, for all of which you are so distinctly equipped and qualified. I feel that next year, the number of members should be strictly confined to nine, and a second ballot is quite proper and justified.(18) I trust that the choice of Rev. Biggs signifies his unreserved acceptance of the Faith in its entirety—a condition that we must increasingly stress in the years that come. Please assure the elected members of my love, my best wishes and of my ardent prayers for them all individually and collectively that the Beloved may guide them, and reinforce their efforts for the spread of our beloved Cause. Your true brother, Shoghi Letter of 22 May 1927 22 May 1927 My dear Mr. Simpson, I thank you on behalf of Shoghi Effendi for your short letter of the 8th giving the name of the occupants of the various offices. He is glad to see the well chosen members each undertaking his suitable task with the chairman shining amongst them. However he trusts that the coming year may be one of renewed activity and greater accomplishment. Let us not be loiterers in a fast-flying world especially when we know to what grave and universal ills this Cause is a divine remedy.... [From the Guardian:] With loving greetings and apologies for inability to write more due to mental fatigue and strain. Your true brother, Shoghi Letter of 25 May 1927 25 May 1927 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AFFECTIONATELY REMEMBERED HOLY SHRINES SHOGHI Letters of 8 October 1927 and 17 October 1927 Referred to in Minutes; no text available. Letter of 15 November 1927 15 November 1927 LOVING APPRECIATION REMEMBRANCE. SHOGHI Letter of 28 November 1927 28 November 1927 LOVING APPRECIATION TENDEREST REMEMBRANCE. SHOGHI Letter of 5 January 1928 5 January 1928 “...Nothing should be attempted that would, in the least and however indirectly, interfere with the unqualified freedom of local and national elections....” (Quoted in National Spiritual Assembly Minutes) Letter of 16 January 1928 16 January 1928 My dear Mr. Simpson,