MISS UNA TOWNSHEND, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh JOSEPH LEE MRS DOROTHY FERRABY (née Cansdale) PHILIP HAINSWORTH WALTER WILKINS MRS ALMA CYNTHIA GREGORY ROBERT CHEEK MRS JOAN GIDDINGS (née BROWNE) HUGH AND VIOLET MCKINLEY DR. LUTFU’LLÁH HAKÍM FRED STAHLER MRS. PRUDENCE GEORGE JOHN LUDLOW MARSHALL MARY OLGA KATHERINE MILLS, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh ALFRED AND EDITH LUCY SUGAR CHARLES WILLIAM DUNNING, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh MISS CLAIRE GUNG MRS. LIZZIE FOWLER HAINSWORTH MISS MARGARET SULLIVAN (later MRS. MARGARET NELSON) CYRIL AND MARGARET JENKERSON RICHARD H. BACKWELL MISS ADA WILLIAMS MRS CONSTANCE LANGDON-DAVIES GEORGE K. MARSHALL MRS MARGUERITE PRESTON (née Wellby) BERNARD LEACH, C.H., C.B.E. SAMUEL SCOTT JOHN FERRABY, Hand of the Cause of God. MRS FLORENCE “MOTHER” GEORGE MÚSÁ BANÁNÍ, Hand of the Cause of God. ‘ALÍ NAKHJAVÁNÍ ?ASSÁN AND ISOBEL SABRÍ ARTHUR NORTON ERIC MANTON DR. ABBÁS AND SHOMAIS AFNÁN, EDMUND (TED) CARDELL, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh DR. JOHN GEORGE MITCHELL, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh MISS IRENE BENNETT MISS DOROTHY WIGINGTON ERNEST WILLIAM GREGORY DR. ERNEST SPENCER MILLER IAN SEMPLE MISS JEAN M. CAMPBELL JOHN CHARLES CRAVEN ADDENDUM FOR H. M. BALYUZI THE MESSAGES FROM THE GUARDIAN OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH TO THE BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY OF THE BRITISH ISLES [Frontispiece] “...this community can do no better than to gird up afresh its loins, turn its back upon the clamour of the age, its fears, confusion and strife, step resolutely forward on its chosen path, unshakably confident that with every step it takes, should it remain undeflected in its purpose and undimmed in its vision, a fresh outpouring of Divine grace will reinforce and guide its march on the highroad of its destiny.” Shoghi “...The annals of the British Bahá’í community, small in numbers, yet unconquerable in spirit, tenacious in belief, undeviating in purpose, alert and vigilant in the discharge of its manifold duties and responsibilities, have in consequence of its epoch-making achievements been vastly enriched. “The process set in motion and greatly accelerated through the successive formulation of the Six Year Plan, the Two Year Plan and the Ten Year Plan, must continue unabated and unimpaired. Nay with every passing day it must gather momentum. Every individual believer must, henceforth, encouraged and inspired by all that has already been achieved, contribute to its future and speedy unfoldment. “That the entire community may befittingly respond to the call of the present hour and bring to a final consummation the Mission with which it has been entrusted is the deepest yearning of my heart and the object of my unceasing prayers.” Shoghi THE SEEDS ARE TENDED 1922–1944 Letter of 5 March 1922 5 March 1922(1) Dear Fellow-workers in the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh,