“I am deeply convinced that if the Annual Convention of the
friends in America, as well as the National Spiritual Assembly,
desire to become potent instruments for the speedy realization
of the Beloved’s fondest hopes for the future of that country,
they should endeavor, first and foremost, to exemplify, in an
increasing degree, to all Bahá’ís and to the world at large the
high ideals of fellowship and service which Bahá’u’lláh and the
beloved Master repeatedly set before them.”