The reading of the Dawn-Breakers is sure to arouse the
friends to renewed zeal and added perseverance in spreading the Cause of
Bahá'u'lláh. Consider to what extent the Báb and those early leaders of the
Faith suffered. It was not through a blind religious zeal but because they
desired to bring about for the future generations that promised era that the
Faith of the Báb promised to start -- an era of peace, good-will and full
realization of the spiritual significance of the life of man upon the earth.
They suffered that we may be happy. They died that we may live in perfect
bliss. What a sacred debt, therefore, we owe to them! How much we ought to
labour to repay them for their sacrifices, and how willing and earnest we
should be in consecrating our life in the path they trod!
- Shoghi Effendi
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer, January 27, 1933; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
