July 19. On this date in 1956 a letter
written on behalf of the Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the United States stated that "the condition that the world
is in is bringing many issues to a head. It would be perhaps impossible
to find a nation or people not in a state of crisis today. The
materialism, the lack of true religion and the consequent baser forces
in human nature which are being released, have brought the whole world
to the brink of probably the greatest crisis it has ever faced or will
have to face. The Bahá'ís are a part of the world. They too feel the
great pressures which are brought to bear upon all people today, whoever
and wherever they may be. On the other hand, the Divine Plan, which is the direct method of working toward the establishment of peace and World Order,
has perforce reached an important and challenging point in its
unfoldment; because of the desperate needs of the world, the Bahá'ís
find themselves, even though so limited in numbers, in financial
strength and in prestige, called upon to fulfill a great
responsibility."
"...the condition that the world is in is bringing many issues to a head. It would be perhaps impossible to find a nation or people not in a state of crisis today. The materialism, the lack of true religion and the consequent baser forces in human nature which are being released, have brought the whole world to the brink of probably the greatest crisis it has ever faced or will have to face. The Bahá'ís are a part of the world. They too feel the great pressures which are brought to bear upon all people today, whoever and wherever they may be. On the other hand, the Divine Plan, which is the direct method of working toward the establishment of peace and World Order, has perforce reached an important and challenging point in its unfoldment; because of the desperate needs of the world, the Bahá'ís find themselves, even though so limited in numbers, in financial strength and in prestige, called upon to fulfill a great responsibility."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, July 19, 1956: Bahá'í News, No. 307, September 1956, pp. 1-2)
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