It would give me genuine satisfaction and pleasure

. . . it would give me genuine satisfaction and pleasure to learn of the establishment of a local Spiritual Assembly, properly constituted, efficiently functioning, and officially recognized by the members of the great Bahá'í family. I would strongly urge you if such an assembly has not yet been founded to establish such a definite and fixed centre for the Cause which, though at first may appear a mere matter of form, will not only fill a gap in the uniform administration of the Movement throughout the world but would, I am certain, prove a nucleus around which would gather many a soul in future...
1922-12 to Paris Baha’is re hoping for election of LSA, found in The Priceless Pearl,  Ruhiyyih Khanum, p344