Are not the prayers He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] revealed for us
sufficient source of inspiration to every worker in His Cause? Have not His
instructions paved before us the broad and straight Path of Teaching? Will not
His now doubly effective power of Grace sustain us, strengthen us and confirm
us in our work for Him? Ours is the duty to strive by day and night to fulfill
our own obligations and then trust in His Guidance and never failing Grace.
Unity amongst the friends, selflessness in our labors in His Path, detachment
from all worldly things, the greatest prudence and caution in every step we
take, earnest endeavor to carry out only what is His Holy Will and Pleasure,
the constant awareness of His Presence and of the example of His Life…
(Shoghi
Effendi, from a letter dated January 21, 1922; ‘Baha’i Administration’)
