January 4

The Hands of the Cause, of Bahá'u'lláh's days, will be known to the friends by name when the history of the Cause in Persia and the Near East is written and available. 
- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 19 April 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; included in a memorandum dated 11 August 1998 by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)