he N.S.A. should first
make some suitable extracts from the Testament and to send these to all
the local Assemblies for their use, so that there may be full unity in
circulating the provisions of the Will among the new believers. The
problem of choosing such excerpts is left entirely to the discretion of
the N.S.A. The main thing, as it appears to the Guardian, is that the full
station of the Bab, Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha be clearly explained and
that the origin, nature and working of the Administrative Order of the
Faith be clearly stated. The full implications of such a recognition are
evidently beyond the comprehension of any new believer. Such a knowledge
can be acquired gradually and only when the essentials of the Faith have
been clearly recognized and adequately understood."

25: BAHA'IS--NEW (QUALIFICATIONS OF A NEW BELIEVER)

"When a person becomes a Baha'i, he gives up the past only in the sense
that he is a part of this new and living Faith of God, and must seek to
pattern himself, in act and thought, along the lines laid down by
Baha'u'llah. The fact that he is by origin a Jew or a Christian, a black
man or a white man, is not important any more, but, as you say, lends
color and charm to the Baha'i community in that it demonstrates unity in
diversity."

26: BAHA'IS--NEW (THE "TWO EXTREMES" IN BRINGING IN NEW BAHA'IS)

"The believers must discriminate between the two extremes of bringing
people into the Cause before they have fully grasped its fundamentals and
making it too hard for them, expecting too much of them, before they
accept them. This requires truly keen judgment, as it is unfair to people
to allow them to embrace a movement the true meaning of which they have
not fully grasped. It is equally unfair to expect them to be perfect
Baha'is before they can enter the Faith. Many teaching problems arise out
of these two extremes..."

27: BAHA'IS (TWO KINDS OF)

"There are two kinds of Baha'is, one might say: those whose religion is
Baha'i and those who live for the Faith. Needless to say if we can belong
to the latter category, if we can be in the vanguard of heroes, martyrs
and saints, it is more praiseworthy in the sight of God."

28: BAHA'I WAY OF LIFE (THE STRENGTH OF THE CAUSE)

"It is good for the Baha'is to learn that being a Baha'i is essentially an
inner thing, or way of life, and not dependent on fixed patterns.
Important as our organized Insti