“… the untiring activity of the friends, the complete
subordination of their material interests to those of the Cause, the remarkable
spread of the Movement in their midst and their staunch firmness in the
Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh. It is these encouraging reflections of the Master
about His loved ones in America and the tests intellectual rather than physical
which He said He would send to them to purify them and make ever brighter than
before -- it is these comments and promises of His that make of the Movement in
that land such a potential force in the world today. The Beloved Master's cable
to the friends in that region is a clear indication of the presence of those
counteracting forces that may usher in those storms of tests that the Master
Himself has said will ultimately be for the good of the Cause in that land. - Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated January 21st, 1922 in ‘Baha'i
Administration’)
