He was very pleased to hear you do a lot of lecturing for the Cause; this
is a very important field of service and one you should devote as much time to
as possible. The public must hear of the Faith, and new ways and means must
be devised to bring it to their attention. He also urges you to study the
teachings themselves more deeply. Bahá’í scholarship is needed really
more than worldly scholarship, for one is spiritual, the other more or less
transient. There is a real lack in the Cause of people who know the teachings
thoroughly, especially their deeper truths, and who can consequently teach the
souls properly and lay a permanent foundation, one that tests and trials will
not shake down.
(27 August 1951 on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer) [76]