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Dear Co-worker: Messages from Shoghi Effendi to the Benelux countries , pp70-71
Henk Buys, 25 October 1949
Dear Bahà’i Brother:
Our beloved Guardian was very happy to receive your letter of October 2, and also to hear you are going out to Indonesia.
You can do an immense lot of good for the Faith there by teaching people whom you find open-minded and receptive to the wonderful message of Bahà’u’llàh.
He urges you to get in touch with:
Mr. Rustam Sabet, P.O. Box 19, New Delhi, India, who is the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahàïs of India, Pakistan and Burma. There is already one pioneer from India in Indonesia, and if you can see him, or write to him, after obtaining from Mr. Sabet his address, your cooperation would be very useful, as of course this believer is of oriental background.
It would be a wonderful service to the Faith if you can find some way of having the book Baha’u’lláh and the New Era translated into Malay.
It is wonderful to think that whereas a few months ago there were no Bahà’is in Indonesia, there will now be three, two from Holland and one from India. God truly moves in mysterious ways to carry His Faith to suffering humanity!
It is just possible that Mr. Charles Mason Reméy may be able to visit, on his world tour, Indonesia. Mr. Sabet can inform you of this. As Mr. Remey is a very charming and cultivated man he could be introduced to your circle of friends and give them lectures on the Cause in a way that would not savour of any propaganda, but rather seem a privilege to those who met him.
The Guardian assures you of his prayers for the success of your work out there, and also for dear Mrs. Buys.
With warmest greetings, R. Rabbání
P.S. In view of the great importance of having some literature in Malay the Guardian urges you, and the other two pioneers out there, to make every effort to have at least a small pamphlet translated and printed as soon as possible. He would like to receive some copies of this for the Bahà’i libraries in Haifa and Bahji as soon as they are available.
May the Almighty bless richly your efforts in the new Held opening before you, remove all obstacles from your path, and aid you to lay a strong and unassailable foundation for the institutions of His Faith, your true brother, Shoghi
1949-10-25 to Henk Buys re going to Indonesia
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