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Letter of 7 December 1939 |
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The Guardian has just received your letter of the 20th
November last, and feels indeed deeply encouraged at the report
of the teaching activities of our dear English believers. He is
unspeakably grateful to you all, and in particular to the members
of your Assembly, for the determination, resourcefulness and the
spirit of absolute consecration with which you are prosecuting
the teaching campaign throughout England, and he will ardently
pray that, in spite of the smallness of your numbers and means,
and notwithstanding the various obstacles you may encounter in
the course of your future activities for the Faith, you may,
individually and collectively, receive such confirmations from
Bahá’u’lláh as would enable you each and all to befittingly and
completely acquit yourselves of this high task you have
undertaken to accomplish in service of His Faith.
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In connection with your application for exemption from
active military service, the Guardian trusts that the authorities
will give careful consideration to this matter, and will find it
possible to relieve the Bahá’í friends from the necessity of serving
in the army in a combatant capacity. Should they, however,
refuse to grant such exemption, the believers should unhesitatingly
assure them of their unqualified obedience and of their
readiness to join and serve in the army in whatever manner the
government deems best.
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The various and compelling evidences of the unquenchable
enthusiasm, the unbreakable resolution and the inflexible purpose of
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the English believers, in these days of stress, of turmoil and danger,
have cheered my heart and fortified me in the discharge of my arduous
and multitudinous duties and responsibilities. I feel truly proud of
them all, and will, with increasing gratitude and redoubled fervour,
supplicate the Beloved whose Cause they are so valiantly serving, to
bless, sustain, guide and protect them under all circumstances, and aid
them to establish firmly the institutions of His Faith throughout the
length and breadth of their country.
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