You should rest assured that your strict adherence to the
laws and observances enjoined by Bahá'u'lláh is the one power that can
effectively guide and enable you to overcome the tests and trials of your life,
and help you to continually grow and develop spiritually.
The Guardian particularly appreciates the fact that you have
been faithfully observing Bahá'u'lláh's injunction regarding the recital of the
daily obligatory prayers, and have thereby set such a high example before your
Bahá'í fellow-youth. These daily prayers have been endowed with a special
potency which only those who regularly recite them can adequately appreciate.
The friends should therefore endeavour to make daily use of these prayers,
whatever the peculiar circumstances and conditions of their life. (From a letter
dated 23 February 1939 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to two believers;
The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, The Importance of Prayer, Meditation
and the Devotional Attitude)
