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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 309

Letter of 5 September 1957

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5 September 1957
Dear Bahá’í Friends:
In a recent letter from …, he states that he has made an offer to the German NSA to defray the expenses of translating the latest book of Dr. Townshend, “Christ and Bahá’u’lláh” and to pay for its publication in German.
As I have written you previously, the Guardian attaches the utmost importance to this book as he feels it will clarify in the minds of everyone the relationship of Christ to Bahá’u’lláh. It may shock some of the Orthodox religious leaders but at the same time perhaps we have reached the point where a shock will do them good. The Guardian feels that even at the present if there should be some adverse criticism, in the long run the publication of this book and its wide spread will bring about renewed interest and activity in the Faith.
Thus he hopes your Assembly will see that the book is now published at an early date, particularly inasmuch as the expense of publication has been defrayed by….