What impressed him (Shoghi Effendi) most in the account of
your services was the statement that the old and the young Baha’is are firmly
united and cooperating in bearing the burden of the Faith in that locality. Nothing
will attract God’s blessings and grace more than the unity of the friends, and
nothing is more destructive of their highest purpose than divisions and
misunderstandings. Cling therefore to unity if you desire to succeed and abide
by the will of your Lord Baha’u’llah; for that is the true objective of His
Mission in this world.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 11 October 1932 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Spiritual
Assembly of West Englewood, New Jersey; Baha’i News, no. 71, February 1933)
