Your Assembly is called upon to direct and safeguard the
activities of our Faith in a truly vast and impressive area. But the very
newness of the work, the room for spiritual conquest, the great need of the
people, both aboriginal and European in origin, to hear of Bahá'u'lláh, is
stimulating and challenging, and must call forth the best in every believer.
The Guardian feels that special efforts must be made to
enroll the primitive peoples of South America in the Cause. These souls, often
so exploited and despised, deserve to hear of the Faith, and will become a
great asset to it once their hearts are enlightened.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 11
July 1951 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual
Assembly of South America; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Teaching
Among Aboriginal and Indigenous People)
