As Bahá'ís we should follow the prophet's method. We know
that the Cause will ultimately conquer and its ranks be fully united. We know
that the Master's promises will ultimately be realized, therefore why be
discouraged by trivial oppositions we see on our way. We should rather add to
our zeal and persist in our prayers and endeavours. Shoghi Effendi has taken
the available measures, and, by letter as well as cable, has urged the "friends
to give a moral and material support to the National fund. It always takes time
for a people to change from one administration to another. Up to the present
they have been accustomed to think of the Local Assemblies as next only to the
Centre of the Cause, and it will take some time and training before they can
admit another superior. The same problem existed in America and for some time
the work of the National body seemed to be paralysed but through personal
contact and Shoghi Effendi's incessant reminding that problem has been solved
and now we see the National Assembly considered as the only body to undertake
matters that are beyond the purely local jurisdiction of the Local Assemblies. (From a letter dated 7 September 1926 written
on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and
Burma, published in "Dawn of a New Day"; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Funds and Contributions)
