Japan Will Turn Ablaze! Part 26

He is very glad to see you are not only safe after all these terrible years of war and privation, but that you are seeking to establish a center of the Faith where you live. He a.s.sures you he will pray that your efforts may be successful, and that you may become the father of the first spiritual a.s.sembly there.

Your long services in Haifa are not forgotten, and the Guardian sends you his greetings.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(October 15, 1947)

[Letter of October 6, 1950]

The excellent progress the Cause is making is a delight to his (the Guardian's) heart, and he feels very close to the j.a.panese believers.

Now that our dear Agnes Alexander is with you again out there (in j.a.pan), he feels still greater progress will be made. You and she, both old and tried believers, must devote particular attention to strengthening the faith of the new souls, and giving them a firm foundation in the Covenant.

You are often affectionately remembered here.

(signed by "Ruhiyyih")

(October 6, 1950)

[Letter of March 21, 1952]

To Mrs. Kyoko Hongo

He (the Guardian) is very happy to hear that you and your husband have become declared Baha'is; and he will ardently pray in the Holy Shrines that each of you may become an active and devoted servant of Baha'u'llah, and may be a.s.sisted in bringing many souls in that land to the light of this great Faith, and carry on the work n.o.bly started by the dear Davenports.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(March 21, 1952)

[Letter of April 22, 1952]

To Mr. Tameo Hongo

It brings him (the Guardian) great joy to realize that we see before our eyes the promises of Baha'u'llah being fulfilled, and the peoples of East and West embracing as lovers, and united in the service of G.o.d and of man.

He feels that the j.a.panese people, so sensitive to every form of beauty both spiritual and material, will have a deep appreciation of the Teachings of Baha'u'llah, not only because of their truth and justice, but because of the great beauty which permeates them, a beauty which will gradually, through the fulfillment of His prophecies and the practice of His Laws and Principles, permeate the life of mankind, and create a society such as has never been dreamed of before.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(April 22, 1952)

[Letter of October 5, 1953]

To Mr. Michitoshi Zenimoto

Your letter has been received by the beloved Guardian and he has instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

Baha'u'llah wrote, many, many years ago: "The vitality of men's belief in G.o.d is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine can ever restore it. The corrosion of unG.o.dliness is eating into the vitals of human society; what else but the Elixir of His potent Revelation can cleanse and revive it?"

This is the ebb of the tide. The Baha'is know that the tide will turn and come in, after mankind has suffered, with mighty waves of faith and devotion. The people will enter the Cause of G.o.d in troops, and the whole condition will change. The Baha'is see this new condition which will take place, as one on the mountain-top sees the first glimpse of the dawn, before others are aware of it; and it is toward that that the Baha'is must work.

The Guardian will pray that you may be instrumental in bringing many of your fellow-youth into the Faith. He sends you his loving greetings.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(October 5, 1953)

[Letter of December 30, 1955]

To Miss Yoshiko Morita

The photograph of the j.a.panese Baha'is, who attended the conference recently held in Nikko, brought great joy to his (the Guardian's) heart.

Although the American and Persian friends are helping greatly the spread of the Faith in j.a.pan, the main object of their presence in that country is to attract j.a.panese people to the Cause of G.o.d. Only when the Faith is firmly rooted in the hearts of the people of that country can we feel that true progress has been made; and therefore to see there are so many j.a.panese believers, active and devoted in different places in j.a.pan, has been a great comfort and joy to our Guardian.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(December 30, 1955)

[Letter of September 19, 1957]

To Mrs. Masao Konishi

The time is too short to spend years preparing yourself to teach by the indirect approach. The world is ready for the direct Message, and it would be much better to equip yourself to do direct Baha'i teaching.

(signed by R. Rabbani)

(September 19, 1957)