The increase in membership in the Canadian Bahá’í Community
this past year was also most encouraging. It shows that there is, primarily,
unity among the believers, for where this fundamental quality is lacking in a
Bahá’í community any real growth is impossible. That is why the beloved Master
so constantly admonished the friends to be as one soul in different bodies, for
this love and unity constitutes their spiritual health and gives them the
strength to overcome all obstacles in their path.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated 19
June, 1949, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the NSA of Canada; ‘Messages
to Canada’)
