“Regarding the principle that the Cause must not be allowed
to center around any Bahá’í personality, the Guardian wishes to
make it clear that it was never intended that well qualified individual
teachers should not receive from local Assemblies
every encouragement and facilities to address the public. What
the Guardian meant was that the personality and popularity of
such a speaker should never be allowed to eclipse the authority
or detract from the influence of the body of the elected representatives
in every local community. Such an individual should
not only seek the approval, advice and assistance of the body
that represents the Cause in his locality, but should strive to
attribute any credit he may obtain, to the collective wisdom and
capacity of the Assembly under whose jurisdiction he performs
his services. Assemblies and not individuals constitute the bedrock
on which the Administration is built. Everything else
must be subordinated to, and be made to serve and advance the
best interests of these elected custodians and promoters of the
laws of Bahá’u’lláh.”
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