It was a Canadian, of French extraction, who through his
vision and skill was instrumental in conceiving the design, and delineating the
features, of the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of the West, marking the first
attempt, however rudimentary, to express the beauty which Bahá’í art will, in
its plenitude, unfold to the eyes of the world.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 1 March 1951 to the Canadian National Spiritual; ‘Messages to Canada’)
