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Messages to Canada

  • Author:

  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • Bahá’í Canada Publications
  • Pages:
  • 276
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Page 235

Letter of 20 March 1956

20 March 1956

To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Irwin1

Dear Bahá’í Friends:
Your letter of March 6th has been received by the beloved Guardian; and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.
He is very happy to hear that you are going to be able to assist in the re-establishment of the Calgary Assembly, which is certainly one of the important ones of Canada.
He hopes that your presence in that city will be a means of attracting many new souls to the Faith and of founding the Community on a firmer and wider basis.
He assures you of his prayers for your success and his deep appreciation of the spirit which animates you.

With loving Naw-Rúz greetings,

R. Rabbani

[From the Guardian:]

Assuring you of my loving prayers for the success of your meritorious efforts for the promotion of our beloved Faith,

Your true brother,

Shoghi
1.Arthur and Lily Ann Irwin—among the first believers who contributed to the establishment of the Bahá’í Faith in native communities. Arthur passed away in 1994; see his obituary in The Bahá’í World 1994–95, 314.  [ Back To Reference]