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He was very sad to read of the sufferings of the beloved
Burmese friends, of the death of that bright star of the Faith,
Siyyid Mustafa, and of the murder of many other of the friends!
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At the same time his heart swelled with pride when he saw
that already the believers have re-assembled, elected an Assembly,
and started their school again. This shows how deep their
faith is, and presages a glorious future for the Cause there.
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As you already know he has sent you a sum to be devoted
to rebuilding the Baha’i institutions, teaching the Faith, and
assisting the friends who are in desperate need. He has also
invited other National Assemblies to contribute to this fund,
and thus assist your Assembly to carry out this very important
task of re-establishing a flourishing Community in Burma.
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The Indian believers are finding themselves increasingly
called upon to shoulder heavy responsibilities; they are becoming
more numerous, have spread to many new centres, undertaken
a large publishing program, increased the number of their
institutions, and are gradually becoming known to their fellow-Indians
as followers of a new and glorious Faith. In view of
this he feels your Assembly should constantly exhort the friends
to be more conscious of their duties, and to be very careful of
having differences of opinion which are so strong as to lead to
disputes and thus humiliate our beloved Faith in the eyes of non-Baha’is.
The public is beginning to observe them, and they must
therefore conduct themselves at all times as befits those who
bear the glorious Name of Baha. They must be forgetful of self,
but ever mindful of the Cause of God!
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The rehabilitation of the community of the sore-stricken
believers throughout Burma constitutes the most urgent task
of the Indian believers, and is a direct challenge which they
cannot ignore or neglect. The reconstitution of dissolved
assemblies, the extension of relief to the needy, the promotion
of the teaching work, the dissemination of Baha’i
literature, the construction of the Haziras, the re-establishment
of schools and committees are all vitally urgent, and
should be carried out fully, systematically, and with
the utmost speed. I long to hear of the progress of your
labours in this important field, upon which the future welfare
of the Burmese community depends, and with which
the destinies of the Indian believers are closely interwoven.
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I will pray from the depths of my heart that your meritorious
efforts may soon be crowned with magnificent
success.
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