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Messages to Canada

  • Author:
  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • Bahá’í Canada Publications
  • Pages:
  • 276
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Page 175

Letter of 9 [May] 1953

[From the Guardian:]

9 [May] 1953

To the Montreal Assembly

OCCASION VISIT 1 MONTREAL ADVISE ALL FRIENDS GATHER GRAVE HAND CAUSE SUTHERLAND MAXWELL2 PAY TRIBUTE HIS IMMORTAL SERVICES WORLD CENTRE FAITH. INSTRUCTING MILLY3 PLACE BLOSSOMS SHRINE AND FRESH FLOWERS MY BEHALF. APPRECIATE PHOTOGRAPH FRIENDS ASSEMBLED GRAVE

LOVE.

SHOGHI

1.Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum Rabbani (Mary Maxwell)—daughter of May and Sutherland Maxwell, became the wife of Shoghi Effendi in 1937, appointed a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952.  [ Back To Reference]
2.William Sutherland Maxwell—architect of the Shrine of the Báb, appointed a Hand of the Cause of God in 1951, died in Montreal in 1952. His “saintly life” is described in The Bahá’í World Vol. XII, 657–662, In Memoriam.  [ Back To Reference]
3.Amelia Collins—an American believer appointed by the Guardian as Hand of the Cause in 1951, whose outstanding contributions and services are described in The Bahá’í World Vol. XIII, 834–841, In Memoriam.  [ Back To Reference]