January 3

Let us recall His explicit and often-repeated assurances that every Assembly elected in that rarefied atmosphere of selflessness and detachment is in truth appointed of God, that its verdict is truly inspired, that one and all should submit to its decision unreservedly and with cheerfulness. (Shoghi Effendi, from a letter dated 23 February 1924 to the Bahá'ís of America, published in "Bahá'í Administration"; The Compilation of Compilation, Vol. III, Sanctity and Nature of Baha’i Elections)