The Order eulogized and announced in His [the Báb’s]
writings, whose laws Bahá’u’lláh subsequently revealed in the Most Holy Book,
whose features ‘Abdu’l-Bahá delineated in His Testament, is now passing through
its embryonic stage through the emergence of the initial institutions of the
world Administrative Order in the five continents of the globe. The clarion call
sounded in the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá, summoning the peoples of the West to forsake
their homes and proclaim His message, was nobly answered by the communities of
the Western Hemisphere headed by the valorous, stalwart American believers, the
chosen vanguard of the all-conquering, irresistibly marching army of the Faith
in the western world.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 4 July 1950;
‘Citadel of Faith’)
