Great tasks remain ahead: not only must the work the Master,
in His Mercy, gave to the North American friends to do, be accomplished, but a
deeper spirit of love and unity must be cultivated by the believers within
their own communities. The friends themselves are still in many ways
spiritually immature; they must study the teachings more profoundly, and learn
to function as truly mature souls in all their relationships, both within the
Cause and with their fellow-men.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 5 February 1947 written
on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
