One night he [the Guardian] said that we would be completely cut off from the Guardian...and I thought he meant war! Then again he said that 1957 mentioned in the New Era was not referring to a world event, but a major crisis in the Cause itself...and this I did not understand...not until November 5, 1957! He said that all life was made up of crisis and victory--crisis and victory. Then with the sweetest smile he said, "Do not forget, without the crisis, you do not have the Victory".
(Excerpt from Pilgrimage Notes of Laura R Davis, shared with
Velma Sherrill by Margery McCormick, December 1958)