Every Bahá'í, no matter how poor, must realize what a grave
responsibility he has to shoulder in this connection, and should have
confidence that his spiritual progress as a believer in the World Order of
Bahá'u'lláh will largely depend upon the measure in which he proves, in deeds,
his readiness to support materially the divine institutions of His Faith.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a letter dated 17 July 1937 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India and Burma; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, Teaching the Masses)
