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The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)

  • Author:

  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Germany (Bahá’í-Verlag), 1982 edition
  • Pages:
  • 311
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Page 272

Letter of 27 July 1956
27 July 1956
Dearly Beloved Co-workers:
I telegraphed you today, at the direction of the beloved Guardian, the wish that your Assembly, now concentrate closely, on the securing of the new site for the Temple.
Now that you have determined on the design for the Temple, it is most important that you secure the land on which it is to be built.
The Guardian feels this is a task of the utmost importance, as time is rapidly passing on, and he fears that if the work on the Temple is not started soon, it will not be completed during the Ten Year Crusade, which would be a sad state of affairs.
The Guardian will be happy to learn at an early date, of what progress you have made with regard to the location of the Temple….