Concerning the best method of presenting the Master’s Will
to the newcomers, Shoghi Effendi is of the opinion that the N.S.A. should first
make some suitable extracts from the Testament, and to send these to all the
local Assemblies for their use, so that there may be full unity in circulating
the provisions of the Will among the new believers. The problem of choosing
such excerpts is left entirely to the discretion of the N.S.A. The main thing,
as it appears to the Guardian, is that the full station of the Bab, Baha’u’llah
and ‘Abdu’l-Baha be clearly explained, and that the origin, nature and working
of the Administrative Order of the Faith be clearly stated. The full
implications of such a recognition are evidently beyond the comprehension of
any new believer. Such a knowledge can be acquired gradually, and only when the
essentials of the Faith have been clearly recognized and adequately understood.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated March 21, 1934., written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
NSA of the United States and Canada; Baha’i News, no. 83, May 1934)
