[Gutenberg 19297] • The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles by Shoghi, Effendi -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Baha'i Terms of Use Contents The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith to the Bahá’í Community of the British Isles

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THE SEEDS ARE TENDED 1922–1944

Letter of 5 March 1922 Letter of 16 December 1922 Letter of 23 December 1922 Letter of 17 February 1923 Letter of 24 February 1923 Letter of 29 November 1923 Letter of 9 December 1923 Letter of 6 January 1924 Letter of 4 January 1924 (Enclosure) Letter of 18 January 1924 Letter of 6 February 1924 Letter of 11 June 1924 Letter of 16 July 1924 Letter of 23 September 1924 Letter of 24 September 1924 Letter of 10 October 1924 Letter of 10 October 1924 Letter of 25 October 1924 Letter of 4 November 1924 Letter of 22 November 1924 Letter of 24 November 1924 Letter of 13 February 1925 Letter of 26 March 1925 Letter of 2 November 1925 Letter of 6 November 1925 Letter of 11 November 1925 Letter of 12 November 1925 Letter of 23 November 1925 Letter of 27 November 1925 Letter of 30 November 1925 Letter of 5 December 1925 Letter of 9 December 1925 Letter of 14 December 1925 Letter of 23 January 1926 Letter of 1 April 1926 Letter of 11 April 1926 Letter of 11 April 1926 Letter of 22 April 1926 Letter of 11 May 1926 Letter of 20 May 1926 Letter of 28 June 1926 Letter of 16 July 1926 Letter of 17 October 1926 Letter of 23 October 1926 Letter of 29 October 1926 Letter of 29 November 1926 Letter of 29 January 1927 Letter of 12 February 1927 Letter of 26 February 1927 Letter of 22 March 1927 Letter of 27 April 1927 Letter of 29 April 1927 Letter of 13 May 1927 Letter of 22 May 1927 Letter of 25 May 1927 Letters of 8 October 1927 and 17 October 1927 Letter of 15 November 1927 Letter of 28 November 1927 Letter of 5 January 1928 Letter of 16 January 1928 Letter of 8 February 1928 Letter of 22 March 1928 Letter of 15 April 1928 Letter of 24 April 1928 Letter of 24 May 1928 Letter of 13 November 1928 Letter of 29 November 1928 Letter of 6 December 1928 Letter of 6 December 1928 Letter of 21 December 1928 Letter of 31 December 1928 Letter of 29 August 1929 Letter of 27 September 1929 Letter of 29 November 1929 Letter of 26 December 1929 Letter of 31 January 1930 Letter of 29 April 1930 Letter of 20 September 1930 Letter of 24 January 1934 Letter of 11 February 1934 Letter of 5 May 1934 Letter of 15 May 1934 Letter of 2 July 1934 Letter of 11 July 1934 Letter of 2 September 1934 Letter of 30 September 1934 Letter of 22 November 1934 Letter of 17 December 1934 Letter of 27 December 1934 Letter of 15 February 1935 Letter of 7 April 1935 Letter of 9 December 1935 Letter of 26 December 1935 Letter of 13 March 1936 Letter of 16 March 1936 Letter of April 1936 Letter of 27 April 1936 (Convention) Letter of 3 May 1936 Letter of 9 May 1936 Letter of 3 September 1936 Letter of 17 October 1936 Letter of 2 December 1936 Letter of 10 January 1937 Letter of 24 February 1937 Letter of 5 March 1937 Letter of 25 March 1937 Letter of 2 April 1937 Letter of 1 May 1937 Letter of 3 May 1937 (Convention) Letter of 10 July 1937 Letter of 7 September 1937 Letter of 16 November 1937 Letter of 22 April 1938 (Convention) Letter of 24 April 1938 (Convention) Letter of 28 April 1938 Letter of 17 May 1938 Letter of 30 June 1938 Letter of 24 October 1938 Letter of 27 November 1938 Letter of 29 November 1938 Letter of 15 January 1939 Letter of 10 February 1939 Letter of 22 March 1939 Letter of March 1939 Letter of 30 April 1939 (Convention) Letter of 31 May 1939 Letter of 4 June 1939 Letter of 26 June 1939 Letter of 2 July 1939 Letter of 26 July 1939 (Summer School) Letter of 7 August 1939 Letter of 6 November 1939 Letter of 20 November 1939 Letter of 5 December 1939 Letter of 7 December 1939 Letter of 29 December 1939 Letter of 1 January 1940 Letter of 2 January 1940 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 18 February 1940 Letter of 27 March 1940 Letter of 12 May 1940 (Convention) Letter of 14 August 1940 Letter of 10 October 1940 Letter of 19 October 1940 Letter of 22 November 1940 Letter of 27 December 1940 Letter of 24 February 1941 Letter of 19 April 1941 Letter of 30 April 1941 (Convention) Letter of 30 April 1941 Letter of 15 May 1941 Letter of 22 May 1941 Letter of 30 May 1941 Letter of 9 July 1941 Letter of 18 July 1941 Letter of 20 August 1941 Letter of 3 November 1941 Letter of 29 December 1941 Letter of 28 February 1942 Letter of 27 April 1942 (Convention) Letter of 20 June 1942 Letter of 28 July 1942 Letter of 8 August 1942 (Summer School) Letter of 8 August 1942 Letter of 12 November 1942 Letter of 13 January 1943 Letter of 20 January 1943 Letter of 9 March 1943 Letter of 21 April 1943 (Convention) Letter of 26 April 1943 Letter of 12 May 1943 Letter of 17 June 1943 Letter of 17 June 1943 Letter of 4 August 1943 Letter of 10 August 1943 (Summer School) Letter of 25 October 1943 Letter of 2 November 1943 Letter of 5 January 1944 Letter of 13 March 1944 Letter of 22 April 1944 Letter of 1 May 1944 Letter of 3 May 1944 Letter of 22 May 1944 Letter of 23 May 1944

“Their first collective enterprise”—THE SIX YEAR PLAN 1944–1950

Letter of 25 May 1944 Letter of 26 May 1944 Letter of 8 July 1944 Letter of 11 August 1944 Letter of 12 August 1944 Letter of 14 August 1944 Letter of 5 January 1945 Letter of 27 January 1945 Letter of 27 March 1945 Letter of 11 April 1945 Letter of 25 April 1945 Letter of 1 May 1945 Letter of 3 May 1945 Letter of 9 May 1945 Letter of 10 May 1945 Letter of 9 August 1945 Letter of 18 December 1945 Letter of 21 February 1946 Letter of 5 March 1946 Letter of 12 March 1946 Letter of 22 March 1946 Letter of 24 April 1946 Letter of 24 April 1946 Letter of 26 April 1946 Letter of 30 April 1946 (Convention) Letter of 8 May 1946 Letter of 10 May 1946 Letter of 22 May 1946 Letter of 29 May 1946 Letter of 7 June 1946 Letter of 18 June 1946 Letter of 6 July 1946 Letter of 2 August 1946 (Summer School) Letter of 25 August 1946 Letter of 12 October 1946 Letter of 15 November 1946 Letter of 21 November 1946 Letter of 26 December 1946 Letter of 30 December 1946 Letter of 1 January 1947 Letter of 12 January 1947 (To Teaching Conference) Letter of 20 January 1947 Letter of 29 January 1947 Letter of 8 February 1947 Letter of 26 February 1947 Letter of 20 March 1947 (To First Regional Youth Conference) Letter of 21 March 1947 Letter of 28 March 1947 Letter of 7 April 1947 Letter of 16 April 1947 Letter of 29 April 1947 Letter of 8 May 1947 Letter of 14 May 1947 Letter of 24 May 1947 Letter of 18 June 1947 Letter of 28 June 1947 Letter of 19 July 1947 Letter of 20 August 1947 Letter of 12 September 1947 Letter of 25 September 1947 Letter of 9 October 1947 Letter of 9 October 1947 Letter of 10 October 1947 Letter of 16 October 1947 Letter of 24 October 1947 Letter of 10 December 1947 Letter of 7 January 1948 Letter of 20 January 1948 Letter of 6 February 1948 Letter of 25 February 1948 Letter of 3 March 1948 Letter of 4 April 1948 Letter of 4 April 1948 Letter of 25 April 1948 Letter of 29 April 1948 Letter of 2 May 1948 Letter of 5 May 1948 Letter of 9 May 1948 Letter of 13 May 1948 Letter of 10 June 1948 Letter of 7 July 1948 Letter of 7 September 1948 (Summer School) Letter of 2 October 1948 Letter of 27 October 1948 Letter of 29 October 1948 Letter of 5 November 1948 Letter of 5 November 1948 Letter of 25 November 1948 Letter of 22 December 1948 Letter of 2 January 1949 Letter of 12 January 1949 Letter of 19 January 1949 Letter of 20 February 1949 Letter of 1 April 1949 Letter of 9 April 1949 Letter of 15 April 1949 Letter of 18 April 1949 Letter of 19 April 1949 Letter of 27 April 1949 Letter of 8 July 1949 Letter of 9 July 1949 Letter of 19 July 1949 Letter of 24 July 1949 Letter of 6 September 1949 Letter of 29 September 1949 Letter of 29 September 1949 Letter of 5 November 1949 Letter of 25 November 1949 Letter of 4 December 1949 Letter of 12 December 1949 Letter of 21 December 1949 Letter of 23 December 1949 Letter of 27 December 1949 Letter of 29 December 1949 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 4 January 1950 Letter of 19 January 1950 Letter of 31 January 1950 Letter of 25 February 1950 Letter of 20 March 1950—National Teaching Committee Letter of 28 March 1950 Letter of 30 March 1950 Letter of 4 April 1950 Letter of 11 April 1950 Letter of 19 April 1950 Letter of 21 April 1950

“The threshold of a new and glorious epoch”—THE AFRICA PLAN 1950–1953

Letter of 1 May 1950 Letter of 3 May 1950 Letter of 9 June 1950 Letter of 15 June 1950 Letter of 28 June 1950 Letter of 24 July 1950 Letter of 12 August 1950 (Summer School) Letter of 6 September 1950 Letter of 11 September 1950 Letter of 15 September 1950 Letter of 2 November 1950 Letter of 14 November 1950 Letter of 14 November 1950 Letter of 22 November 1950 Letter of 22 December 1950 Letter of 10 January 1951 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 16 January 1951 Letter of 17 January 1951 Letter of 25 January 1951 Letter of 25 February 1951 Letter of 23 April 1951 Letter of 25 April 1951 (Convention) Letter of 2 May 1951 Letter of 4 May 1951 Letter of 5 May 1951 Letter of 22 June 1951 Letter of 22 June 1951 Letter of 4 July 1951 Letter of 15 July 1951 Letter of 20 July 1951 Letter of 21 August 1951 Letter of 26 August 1951 Letter of 2 September 1951 Letter of 19 September 1951 Letter of 16 October 1951 Letter of 28 October 1951 Letter of 11 November 1951 Letter of 23 November 1951 Letter of 6 December 1951 Letter of 19 December 1951 Letter of 30 December 1951 Letter of 8 January 1952 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 16 January 1952 Letter of 13 February 1952 Letter of 20 February 1952 Letter of 29 February 1952 Letter of 4 March 1952 Letter of 8 March 1952 Letter of 12 March 1952 Letter of 18 March 1952 Letter of 16 April 1952 Letter of 22 April 1952 Letter of 29 April 1952 Letter of 4 May 1952 Letter of 3 June 1952 Letter of 3 June 1952 Letter of 4 June 1952 Letter of 12 June 1952 Letter of 15 June 1952 Letter of 29 August 1952 Letter of 15 October 1952 Letter of 20 November 1952 Letter of 28 December 1952 Letter of 8 January 1953 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 15 January 1953 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 28 January 1953 Letter of 1 February 1953 Letter of 13 March 1953 Letter of 25 March 1953 Letter of 3 April 1953 Letter of 8 April 1953 Letter of 18 April 1953

“World wide mission entrusted British Bahá’í Community”—THE BRITISH RÔLE IN THE TEN YEAR CRUSADE 1953–1957

1953 (Convention) Letter of 28 April 1953 (Convention) Letter of 13 May 1953 Letter of 17 May 1953 Letter of 1 June 1953 Letter of 4 June 1953 Letter of 5 June 1953 Letter of 8 June 1953 Letter of 25 June 1953 Letter of 28 June 1953 Letter of 30 June 1953 Letter of 9 July 1953 Letter of 18 July 1953 Letter of 21 July 1953 Letter of 22 July 1953 Letter of 23 July 1953 Letter of 23 August 1953 Letter of 30 August 1953 Letter of 31 August 1953 Letter of 31 August 1953 Letter of 6 September 1953 Letter of 8 September 1953 Letter of 11 September 1953 Letter of 22 September 1953 Letter of 4 October 1953 Letter of 7 October 1953 Letter of 10th October 1953 Letter of 10 October 1953 Letter of 16 October 1953 Letter of 16 October 1953 Letter of 9 November 1953 Letter of 21 November 1953 Letter of 29 November 1953 Letter of 12 January 1954 Letter of 12 January 1954 (Teaching Conference) Letter of 9 March 1954 Letter of 24 March 1954 Letter of 7 April 1954 Letter of 13 April 1954 Letter of 17 April 1954 Letter of 20 April 1954 Letter of 21 April 1954 Letter of 24 April 1954 Letter of 25 April 1954 (Convention) Letter of 29 April 1954 Letter of 3 May 1954 Letter of 6 May 1954 Letter of 16 May 1954 Letter of 4 June 1954 Letter of 6 June 1954 Letter of 11 June 1954 Letter of 17 June 1954 Letter of 21 June 1954 Letter of 23 June 1954 Letter of 22 July 1954 Letter of 29 July 1954 (Summer School Committee) Letter of 29 August 1954 Letter of 16 October 1954 Letter of 27 October 1954 Letter of 28 October 1954 Letter of 11 November 1954 Letter of 16 December 1954 Letter of 22 December 1954 Letter of 17 January 1955 Letter of 20 February 1955 Letter of 8 March 1955 Letter of 29 March 1955 Letter of 9 April 1955 Letter of 20 April 1955 Letter of 21 April 1955 Letter of 24 April 1955 Letter of 25 April 1955 (Convention) Letter of 28 April 1955 Letter of 22 May 1955 Letter of 2 June 1955 Letter of 10 July 1955 Letter of 26 July 1955 Letter of 5 August 1955 Letter of 22 August 1955 Letter of 30 August 1955 Letter of 6 September 1955 Letter of 6 September 1955 (Summer School) Letter of 20 September 1955 Letter of 4 October 1955 Letter of 28 October 1955 Letter of 4 November 1955 Letter of 11 November 1955 Letter of 18 November 1955 Letter of 8 December 1955 Letter of 13 December 1955 Letter of 14 December 1955 Letter of 15 December 1955 Letter of 16 December 1955 Letter of 1 January 1956 Letter of 4 January 1956 Letter of 18 January 1956 Letter of 26 March 1956 Letter of 5 April 1956 Letter of 6 April 1956 Letter of 10 April 1956 Letter of 27 April 1956 Letter of 29 April 1956 Letter of 2 May 1956 Letter of 10 May 1956 Letter of 26 June 1956 Letter of 11 July 1956 Letter of 4 November 1956 Letter of 8 December 1956 Letter of 14 December 1956 Letter of 27 December 1956 Letter of 12 January 1957 Letter of 12 January 1957 Letter of 26 February 1957 Letter of 27 February 1957 Letter of 9 March 1957 Letter of 14 March 1957 Letter of 16 March 1957 Letter of 23 March 1957 Letter of 27 March 1957 Letter of 30 March 1957 Letter of 12 April 1957 Letter of 19 April 1957 Letter of 30 April 1957 Letter of 27 May 1957 Letter of 7 June 1957 (Shetland Summer School) Letter of 14 August 1957 Letter of 30 August 1957 Letter of 7 September 1957 Letter of 14 September 1957 Letter of 2 October 1957 Letter of 11 October 1957

THE GUARDIAN’S MESSAGES To Local Spiritual Assemblies

Letter of 23 April 1950 Letter of 14 November 1947 Letter of 22 September 1948 Letter of 1 November 1947 Letter of 17 October 1948 Letter of 15 February 1950 Letter of 16 September 1955 Letter of 30 January 1957 Letter of 27 August 1947 Letter of 16 October 1948 Letter of 27 January 1957 Letter of 22 September 1948 Letter of 9 April 1949 Letter of 9 September 1950 Letter of 14 March 1954 Letter of 5 September 1950 Letter of 24 January 1952 Letter of 25 January 1929 Letter of 20 July 1932 Letter of 28 July 1950 Letter of 19 January 1950 Letter of 30 September 1949 Letter of 16 September 1956 Letter of 8 April 1947 Letter of 30 May 1949 Letter of 27 October 1950 Letter of 25 December 1951 Letter of 25 December 1952 Letter of 1 February 1954 Letter of 23 April 1954 Letter of 7 December 1954 Letter of 28 February 1955 Letter of 21 March 1955

Cables to the Oxford Assembly

Letter of 25 November 1949 Letter of 22 April 1950 Letter of 26 October 1950 Letter of 21 April 1954 Letter of 26 September 1957 Letter of 14 May 1957

EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO INDIVIDUALS

Letter of 28 September 1925 Letter of 28 October 1925 Letter of 28 December 1925 Letter of 28 March 1926 Letter of 16 October 1926 Letter of 6 April 1928 Letter of 12 December 1929 Letter of 9 February 1930 Letter of 9 June 1930 Letter of 22 October 1930 Letter of 30 November 1930 Letter of 30 April 1931 Letter of 7 November 1931 Letter of 2 January 1932 Letter of 10 January 1932 Letter of 23 February 1932 Letter of 16 May 1932 Letter of 10 August 1932 Letter of 15 March 1933 Letter of 6 May 1933 Letter of 29 May 1933 Letter of 17 October 1933 Letter of 12 November 1933 Letter of 1 December 1933 Letter of 4 June 1934 Letter of 10 November 1934 Letter of 8 February 1935 Letter of 29 May 1935 Letter of 6 April 1936 Letter of 21 November 1936 Letter of 3 February 1937 Letter of 31 March 1938 Letter of 18 April 1940 Letter of 2 June 1941 Letter of 1 August 1941 Letter of 19 October 1941 Letter of 30 October 1941 Letter of 14 March 1942 Letter of 25 September 1942 Letter of 5 May 1943 Letter of 26 May 1943 Letter of 6 August 1943 Letter of 17 October 1944 Letter of 27 November 1944 Letter of 27 January 1945 Letter of 10 May 1945 Letter of 7 July 1945 Letter of 3 March 1946 Letter of 4 March 1946 Letter of 19 March 1946 Letter of 21 May 1946 Letter of 20 November 1946 Letter of 15 February 1947 Letter of 18 February 1947 Letter of 27 September 1947 Letter of 27 September 1947 Letter of 13 October 1947 Letter of 14 October 1947 Letter of 19 October 1947 Letter of 4 March 1948 Letter of 26 March 1948 Letter of 8 April 1948 Letter of 9 June 1948 Letter of 23 June 1948 Letter of 20 September 1948 Letter of 17 October 1948 Letter of 23 December 1948 Letter of 8 January 1949 Letter of 20 March 1949 Letter of 22 July 1949 Letter of 25 July 1949 Letter of 22 October 1949 Letter of 18 February 1950 Letter of 28 March 1950 Letter of 4 October 1950 Letter of 20 October 1950 Letter of 11 January 1951 Letter of 10 February 1951 Letter of 30 August 1951 Letter of 11 November 1951 Letter of 5 October 1952 Letter of 3 March 1955 Letter of 6 March 1955 Letter of 12 January 1957 Letter of 15 August 1957 “THEIR DAILY SUSTENANCE”

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

BIOGRAPHIES DR. JOHN E. ESSLEMONT, Hand of the Cause of God EDWARD THEODORE HALL MRS. THORNBURGH-CROPPER GEORGE PALGRAVE SIMPSON MISS ETHEL JENNER ROSENBERG DÍA’U’LLÁH ASGHARZÁDIH, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh SARA, LADY BLOMFIELD (SITÁRIH KHÁNUM) GEORGE TOWNSHEND, Hand of the Cause of God MRS. ISOBEL SLADE MRS. LOUISE GINMAN MISS FLORENCE E. PINCHON MISS CLAUDIA STUART COLES SISTER GRACE CHALLIS DAVID HOFMAN MRS. LILIAN STEVENS MISS EVELYN BAXTER, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh ?ASAN M. BALYUZI, Hand of the Cause of God FRANK HURST MRS. MARY BASIL-HALL (PARVINE) ALBERT AND JEFF JOSEPH RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER, O.B.E., LL.D., FOR.D.I.P. (CAMBRIDGE) MISS JESSICA YOUNG KATHLEEN BROWN (LADY HORNELL) URSULA SAMANDARÍ (née NEWMAN), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh MRS MARION HOFMAN MISS UNA TOWNSHEND, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh JOSEPH LEE MRS DOROTHY FERRABY (née Cansdale) PHILIP HAINSWORTH WALTER WILKINS MRS ALMA CYNTHIA GREGORY ROBERT CHEEK MRS JOAN GIDDINGS (née BROWNE) HUGH AND VIOLET MCKINLEY DR. LUTFU’LLÁH HAKÍM FRED STAHLER MRS. PRUDENCE GEORGE JOHN LUDLOW MARSHALL MARY OLGA KATHERINE MILLS, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh ALFRED AND EDITH LUCY SUGAR CHARLES WILLIAM DUNNING, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh MISS CLAIRE GUNG MRS. LIZZIE FOWLER HAINSWORTH MISS MARGARET SULLIVAN (later MRS. MARGARET NELSON) CYRIL AND MARGARET JENKERSON RICHARD H. BACKWELL MISS ADA WILLIAMS MRS CONSTANCE LANGDON-DAVIES GEORGE K. MARSHALL MRS MARGUERITE PRESTON (née Wellby) BERNARD LEACH, C.H., C.B.E. SAMUEL SCOTT JOHN FERRABY, Hand of the Cause of God. MRS FLORENCE “MOTHER” GEORGE MÚSÁ BANÁNÍ, Hand of the Cause of God. ‘ALÍ NAKHJAVÁNÍ ?ASSÁN AND ISOBEL SABRÍ ARTHUR NORTON ERIC MANTON DR. ABBÁS AND SHOMAIS AFNÁN, EDMUND (TED) CARDELL, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh DR. JOHN GEORGE MITCHELL, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh MISS IRENE BENNETT MISS DOROTHY WIGINGTON ERNEST WILLIAM GREGORY DR. ERNEST SPENCER MILLER IAN SEMPLE MISS JEAN M. CAMPBELL JOHN CHARLES CRAVEN ADDENDUM FOR H. M. BALYUZI

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