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
With every forward step taken by this stalwart community in the path of
service to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh, with every signal victory achieved
for the promulgation of His Faith, a new revelation of the glorious
Mission which this community is privileged to undertake is unfolded before
the eyes of its members and a wider vista of the future range of its
operations, both at home and overseas, opens before it. With every
complication that arises in the course of its unfolding Mission, with even
every seeming reverse it meets with, as its destiny unfolds, a clearer
understanding of the character of its stewardship to the Faith of
Bahá’u’lláh is vouchsafed to its members, a greater measure of His
sustaining grace is poured forth from on high, a more compelling evidence
of His all-conquering power is evinced, and a more majestic assertion of
His mysterious purpose is demonstrated.
The potent seeds a loving and vigilant Master sowed with His Own hands, in
the course of a twice repeated visit to the homeland of this community,
are now, after having lain dormant for almost a quarter of a century, at
long last, sprouting throughout the length and breadth of the British
Isles, and are even revealing the potency of their regenerative power,
through the instrumentality of those valiant pioneers, who, faithful to
His Call and dedicated to His service, are leaving the shores of those
islands to settle in the territories of a far-away and backward continent.
Amidst their arduous labours, in their contact with the heterogeneous
tribes and races dwelling in that continent, in their dealings with the
civil authorities of divers countries and states within whose jurisdiction
they will labour, in their struggle with an inhospitable climate, in the
hazards to which they will be inevitably exposed, in the adventures they
may experience, in the reverses they may temporarily suffer, in the
opposition they will meet with, in the tests and trials they will undergo,
His unfailing guidance will be vouchsafed to them in direct proportion to
the degree of their consecration to their task, and the perseverance, the
courage and fidelity they will display as they discharge their duties.
The remarkable success that has attended their high endeavours since the
initiation of their first collective enterprise within the confines of
their native land, the still more notable evidence of God’s sustaining
grace that has accompanied the opening of the first stage of their Mission
overseas, are sufficient proof of the tremendous potency of the forces at
work for the purpose of ensuring the unrestricted expansion of their
future activities within and beyond the frontiers of their island home,
and the ultimate consummation of their magnificent enterprise.
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