|  | Letter of 4 April 1930 | 
	| 1 | Dear friends: | 
	| 2 | Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of 
your letter dated March 25th 1930.  He hopes and prays 
that you will stand firm in these days of tests and appreciate 
the light and seek it steadfastly.  Miss Wright comes from a 
country where the friends have at several occasions been put 
to test and therefore she appreciates the difficulties that the 
friends are confronting.  Shoghi Effendi hopes, that coming 
from the Holy Land she will import to you the spirit she 
obtained at the Holy Thresholds. | 
	| 3 | Ever since the inception of the Cause we have been 
experiencing constant attacks.  Sometimes they came from 
outside.  Other times they came from souls most trusted and 
loved.  In every case however they have proven to be for the 
good of the Faith.  It is such events that arouse the friends to 
added service. | 
	| 4 | Shoghi Effendi hopes that as a result of Mrs. White's 
activities the friends will become more united and feel to a 
greater extent the importance of their task.  Perhaps, if we 
had endeavoured more, if we had sacrificed to a greater 
extent, if, following the explicit wish of the Master, we had 
sought to spread the Cause even more than we have done, 
Mrs. White and her like could not criticise us to such an 
extent and say that the administration has killed the spirit.  
Let us therefore take a lesson from what has passed and 
render to the Cause services still unseen in the history of the 
movement. | 
	| 5 | In closing may I assure you of Shoghi Effendi's prayers 
and loving greetings,... | 
	| 6 | [From the Guardian:] | 
	| 7 | My dearly-beloved friends: | 
	| 8 | The expression of your loyalty and perseverance has 
rejoiced my heart.  You are truly the heroic pioneers of the 
Cause of God.  I will supplicate for each one of you at the 
Beloved's Shrine, that your understanding of the Faith may 
deepen, and that each of you may grow to become a shining 
star in the firmament of our beloved Cause. | 
	| 9 | Your true brother, | 
	| 10 | Shoghi |