I appeal to the larger body of believers… to ever bear in
mind the supreme injunction of ‘Abdu’l Baha, to teach unceasingly until the
“head cornerstone of the foundation” of the Cause of God is firmly established
in every heart. Let those whose time, resources and means allow, travel
throughout the length and breadth of that vast continent, let them scatter to
the most distant regions of the earth and, fired with enthusiasm and
detachment, hand on the torch of God’s undying flame to the waiting multitudes
of a sadly-stricken world.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated June 3rd, 1925
addressed to the 1925 Baha’i Convention at Green Acre; Baha’i News no. 6,
July-August, 1925; ‘Baha’i Administration’)
