With regard to the question that you had asked, Shoghi
Effendi feels that as he has formerly said in Bahá'í meetings it is quite
proper for some of the friends to deliver talks, but their speeches must have a
direct bearing on the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and our dear Master. It is not
absolutely necessary that in all the meetings only the writings and utterances
of Bahá'u'lláh and the Master should be read, but when lectures and talks are
given they must bear either directly or indirectly on the Cause.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to individual believer, 10 February 1926; compilation: ‘Baha’i Meetings’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice)
