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1888: Vakil Bazar in Shiraz, Iran
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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’)
