That a Faith which, ten years ago, was severely shaken by the
sudden removal of an incomparable Master should have,
in the face
of tremendous obstacles, maintained its unity, resisted the malignant
onslaught of its ill-wishers, silenced its calumniators, broadened
the basis of its far-flung administration, and raised upon it
institutions symbolizing its ideals of worship and service, should
be deemed sufficient evidence of the invincible power with which
the Almighty has chosen to invest it from the moment of its
inception.
That the Cause associated with the name of Bahá’u’lláh feeds
itself upon those hidden springs of celestial strength which no force
of human personality, whatever its glamour, can replace; that its
reliance is solely upon that mystic Source with which no worldly
advantage, be it wealth, fame, or learning can compare; that it
propagates itself by ways mysterious and utterly at variance with
the standards accepted by the generality of mankind, will, if not
already apparent, become increasingly manifest as it forges ahead
towards fresh conquests in its struggle for the spiritual regeneration
of mankind.
Indeed, how could it, unsupported as it has ever been by the
counsels and the resources of the wise, the rich, and the learned in
the land of its birth, have succeeded in breaking asunder the shackles
that weighed upon it at the hour of its birth, in emerging unscathed
from the storms that agitated its infancy, had not its animating
breath been quickened by that spirit which is born of God,
and on which all success, wherever and however it be sought, must
ultimately depend?
Shoghí Effendí
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