I remember a prayer, which you wrote, has been asked by a
certain friend to be read daily. I believe sometimes the friends through their
zeal and ardour do things that are not asked in the Cause. We have only one
prayer that we have to say daily. No one in the world has the power, given to
him by Bahá’u’lláh to add another to that daily prayer. If we should admit this
the life of the friends will soon be spent in mere prayer, which is not the aim
of the Cause. The healing prayer and such ones are only for occasional use when
the need arises.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 12 August 1926 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi
Effendi to New Zealand’)
