The main thing, however, is that all the believers should at
all times feel conscious of their deep unity and brotherhood in the Cause of
God, and that with love and understanding they should arise to overcome every
problem, knowing that the Master will help and assist them to do so.
Firmness in the Covenant is their Fortress, their greatest
protection, and new Bahá'ís should be taught this before they are admitted into
the Community. In this way they will be given the spiritual strength to
overcome the tests which are inevitable, and which strengthen the growth of the
Community and drive its roots deeper in the soil of faith.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá'í Community of Stuttgart,
Germany, 5 June, 1949; ‘The Light of Divine Guidance vol. II’)
