“He wishes you particularly to impress the believers with 
the necessity of maintaining the flow of their contributions to 
the Temple, and also to stress the importance of the Institution 
of the National Bahá’í Fund which, in these early days of the 
administrative development of the Faith, is the indispensable 
medium for the growth and expansion of the Movement.  Contributions 
to this fund constitute, in addition, a practical and 
effective way whereby every believer can test the measure and 
character of his Faith, and to prove in deeds the intensity of 
his devotion and attachment to the Cause.”