The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British IslesShoghi, Effendi
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The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community : the Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles
Shoghi, Effendi
Bahai Faith -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources; Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957 -- Correspondence
Likewise travelling teachers should be assisted financially to carry out
the “projects” assigned to them. The friends should not for a moment
confuse this type of support with the creation of a paid clergy. Any
Bahá’í can, at the discretion of the N.S.A., receive this necessary
assistance and it is clearly understood it is temporary and only to carry
out a specific plan. Bahá’u’lláh Himself has not only enjoined on everyone
the duty of teaching His Faith, but stated if you cannot go yourself, to
send someone in your stead. The National Assembly, through and with its
Teaching Committee, should take immediate steps to get pioneers out into
the goal towns and teachers circulating about, to not only support and
inaugurate the new work, but to stimulate the existing Assemblies and
groups, and help them to expand.
He hopes that your Assembly, unitedly and with complete dedication to the
great work that lies ahead of you, will concentrate all your forces on the
teaching work. You may be sure he will pray for your success in the Holy
Shrines, and that all the British Bahá’ís may realise to the full their
historic responsibilities and arise to discharge them....
P.S. Your letter of May 29th has since been received and the extra photos
of N.S.A. members will be forwarded to America.
[From the Guardian:]
Dear and valued co-workers,
The activities of the English Bahá’í community in pursuance of the Plan,
which in its scope and potentialities is wholly unprecedented in the
history of the Faith in the British Isles, are now approaching a critical
stage, and will, if not relentlessly expanded and consolidated, fall far
short of their ultimate objective. They have now entered the third year of
their Plan, and the work that still remains unaccomplished is
considerable, but not beyond what their united and sustained endeavours
can accomplish. The utmost support, if the Plan is to yield its promise,
should be continually and increasingly extended to every pioneer, both
moral and financial, who will arise to contribute his or her share to its
success. All the institutions of the Faith so laboriously erected since
the inception of the Formative Age, most of the financial resources of the
community that have been accumulated, the deliberations of the elected
representatives of the entire body of the believers, both local and
national, should henceforth be dedicated to the vital requirements and
noble aims of an enterprise which, if successful, will pave the way, and
provide the necessary agencies, for the proclamation of the Faith to the
masses throughout the British Isles.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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