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Contents

The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith to the Bahá’í Community of the British Isles

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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

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

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

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

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

Footnotes