Does not ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wish us, as He looks down upon us with
loving expectation from His glorious Station, to obliterate as much as possible
all traces of censure, of conflicting discussions, of cooling remarks, of petty
unnecessary observations that impede the onward march of the Cause, that damp
the zeal of the firm believer and detract from the sublimity of the Bahá’í
Cause in the eyes of the inquirer? In order, however, to insure fair and quick
and vigorous action whenever such an evil activity is revealed and has been
carefully ascertained, the best and only means would appear to be, for the
careful observer, once he is assured of such an evil action, and has grown
hopeless of the attitude of kindness and forbearance, to report it quietly to
the Spiritual Assembly representative of the friends in that locality and
submit the case to their earnest and full consideration.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a letter dated 5 March 1922)
