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1932-10-18 need for deepening
USBN #71 - February 1933 - pp. 2
"The report of your teaching work in Milwaukee made him (Shoghi Effendi)
very happy. He sincerely hopes that every one of those individuals who expressed
his desire to join the Movement will gradually become so confirmed that no amount
of trials and tribulations will deter him from sharing in the work of spreading
the Faith throughout the world.
"Before undertaking such a task, however, it is necessary that they should
deepen their knowledge of the Teaching. They should learn to study the words for
themselves and both grasp their significance and also become imbued with their
spirit. The hope of Shoghi Effendi is not only to increase the number of the
friends but also to have true and more understanding Baha'is. The task of the
teachers is to produce such efficient servants for our beloved Faith. . . . These
nine months, during which the Guardian has asked the friends to discard Feast
Days, are meant to be months of mourning for the passing away of the Greatest Holy
Leaf. The friends should also use them as a period of redoubled energy in serving
the Cause, in expression of our deep love for her as well as for the Cause for
which she suffered so much." - (To Mrs. Ruth Moffett, Chicago, Illinois, through
Ruhi Afnan, Haifa, October 18, 1932).
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