It is upon the individual believer, constituting the
fundamental unit in the structure of the home front, that the revitalization,
the expansion, and the enrichment of the home front must ultimately depend. The
more strenuous the effort exerted, daily and methodically, by the individual
labouring on the home front to rise to loftier heights of consecration, and of
self-abnegation, to contribute, through pioneering at home, to the
multiplication of Bahá'í isolated centres, groups and Assemblies, and to raise,
through diligent, painstaking and continual endeavour to convert receptive
souls to the Faith he has espoused, the number of its active and whole-hearted
supporters; the sooner will the vast and multiple enterprises, launched beyond
the confines of the homeland, now so desperately calling for a greater supply
of men and means, be provided with the necessary support that will ensure their
uninterrupted development and hasten their ultimate fruition ... - Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 21 September 1957 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the United States; The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
II, Living the Life)
