Part 11 (1/2)

My dear Baha'i sister,

Our dear Guardian has instructed me to acknowledge the receipt of your welcomed letter dated June 3, 1927. He is delighted to hear of your intended visit to j.a.pan where he hopes and prays you will receive your full share of confirmations from the Abha Kingdom.

He cherishes great hopes for your future contributions to the progress of the Cause in that far away and promising country. He wishes you to write to him frequently of the progress of your activities and of those whom you will interest in the Teachings of Baha'u'llah.

He would specially request you to prolong your stay in j.a.pan as the soil is exceedingly fertile and the workers are so few in number. The hosts of the Supreme Concourse will surely aid you and a.s.sist you in your endeavor to spread the Faith which the world needs so vitally today.

(in the Guardian's handwriting)

Dear and precious sister:

Do not feel disheartened if you meet at first with trials and obstacles in His Path. I will pray for their removal and will supplicate for you Divine Guidance and strength. Your reward is indeed great and glorious in the world to come for all your endeavors and exemplary services to the sacred Threshold.

Shoghi

(July 16, 1927)

[Letter of October 12, 1927]

My dear and precious co-worker:

I cannot exaggerate the importance, nay the urgent necessity of your return to j.a.pan. Your place there is vacant, and the opportunities are varied and brilliant. The few friends there have to be nursed and a.s.sisted to renew their activity and consolidate their work. I will pray that you will be guided by our dear Master who loved you so dearly and wanted you so keenly to train and guide the rising generation in j.a.pan into the light of this Divine Revelation.

Your true brother, Shoghi

(October 12, 1927)

[Letter of October 22, 1927]

My dear and precious co-worker:

Though immersed in an ocean of activities and cares, I find always the time to think of you and express to you in writing my sentiments of love and appreciation of all you are doing for our beloved Cause. I trust the way to j.a.pan may open soon, and that you may resume in that important field, the work so dear to your heart.

Your true brother, Shoghi

Please a.s.sure dear Mrs. Augur of my tenderest brotherly sympathy in her affliction.(24) The services of her dear husband are engraved upon my heart. I will pray for him from the bottom of my heart at the Beloved's Shrine.

Shoghi

(October 22, 1927)