Vignettes of Remarkable People in the Faith: Allan Raynor:

     The sudden passing of the Guardian in 1957 was deeply felt by all who remember it.  No sooner had Allan learned the news than he left on the next airplane for London.  His grief was, however, a mixture of personal loss and an apprehension of danger for the Baha`i community, a fear that attempts would be made to violate the Covenant of Baha'u'llah.  He intensified his own deepening in the Covenant--which was to be the central theme of his teaching for the rest of his life--and then launched upon his mission.  He travelled across Canada sharing with the friends his experiences at the table of Shoghi Effendi, his study of Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah and his methodical but vibrantly enthusiastic conviction of the inviolability of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah.  He wrote a brochure on the Covenant in which he collected and documented the Writings on this subject.  He committed himself totally to this work until the Canadian Baha`i community had formed itself into a shield of the Covenant.  When the assaults came from those misguided souls who had been deceived by their own vanity, Canadian Baha`is were not swayed.  They knew the reality of their Covenant with Baha'u'llah.  Allan's service was recognized in 1978-1979 in his appointment as an assistant to Auxiliary Board member for protection, Carol Bowie. 
 [Doug Raynor, The Baha'i World, World, vol. VIII, p. 697.]