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(7) December 5th, 1925 |
I have just heard the welcome news of the publication
of the first issue of the Bahá’í Journal, recently established by
the friends of Australia and New Zealand. I rejoice in this
new and notable Bahá’í enterprise, particularly as it is undertaken
by my dearly-beloved and self-sacrificing brothers and
sisters in a land which holds so great a promise for the future.
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I have followed the progress of the activities of the
Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand with keen interest and
ever-increasing confidence, and with a deep sense of pride
and gratitude. I most heartily welcome this newly-added link
in the chain of the many services, so lovingly and spontaneously
rendered by the pioneers of the Cause in these lands. I
assure you of my steadfast prayers for the speedy expansion
and consolidation of this youngest of all Bahá’í Magazines,
and of my earnest endeavours to enable it attain a standard
worthy of the bearer of such a noble Message.
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It should be the object and purpose of its author and
publisher to open its pages to the consideration and review of
matters that are strictly Bahá’í in character, as well as to the
treatment of topics of a humanitarian, ethical and religious
nature; that its readers, while witnessing to the liberal and
broad-minded attitude of the Bahá’í Cause, may receive from
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it their full share of inspiration which only a clear and direct
statement of the Divine Message can impart.
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Go forth, on thy noble errand, O thou Herald of the
South! Join thy voice, however feeble, to those of thy sister-journals
who, in various parts of the world, are raising with
one accord the call of this new Day of God. Persevere in thy
labours, endeavour to reach every circle and every home,
that the light thou bearest may in the fulness of time illuminate
with its healing rays the uttermost corners of that distant
and troubled continent.
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