That is perhaps what is most glorious about our present activities
all over the world, that we, a band not large in numbers, not possessing
financial backing or the prestige of great names, should, in the name of our
beloved Faith, be forging ahead at such a pace, and demonstrating to future and
present generations that it is the God-given qualities of our religion that are
raising it up and not the transient support of worldly fame and power. All that
will come later, when it has been made clear beyond the shadow of a doubt that
what raised aloft the banner of Bahá'u'lláh was the love, sacrifice, and
devotion of His humble followers and the change that His teachings wrought in
their hearts and lives.
(From a letter
dated 20 June 1942 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles; The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
II, Teaching Among Aboriginal and Indigenous People)
