He was very pleased to hear you do a lot of lecturing for
the Cause; this is a very important field of service and one you should devote
as much time to as possible. The public must hear of the Faith, and new ways
and means must be devised to bring it to their attention. He also urges you to
study the teachings themselves more deeply. Bahá'í scholarship is needed really
more than worldly scholarship, for one is spiritual, the other more or less
transient. There is a real lack in the Cause of people who know the teachings
thoroughly, especially their deeper truths, and who can consequently teach the
souls properly and lay a permanent foundation, one that tests and trials will
not shake down.- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 27 August 1951 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III,
Scholarship)
