# Notes on Turning to the Guardian

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> ( Worde Written by beloved May Maxwell which she permitted
> me to oopy •••• Agne s Alexander.)
> Do we turn sutt1oiently, wholly and oonsolously to the irresistable
> Might of the Guardlan?
> Can we dare say that we admini stratively, collectively or individually
> tap the infinite resouroes conceal ed in the (mystery of the) Guareian-
> Ship'
> Every one of us relizes that he singly and alone
> out weighs the world, that in the Li ght of the Supreme Being he is
> more precious than the entire human race.
> I believe that if the truth were known every success in the FaIth 1s
> in dir~ct ratio to th.~.fl turn1ng~ this utter dependence on him, and
> every failur6 due to, etc.
> Baha.'u'llah hea.:ea and gr ants our prayers, it 1s promised us, but in
> this hour of supreme danger, the more firmly we grasp that mighty
> oord held I n the grasp of the Almighty, a Life-rope through the onoo~
> strome, the more shall we be moved by Iu s all-swaying power and guided
> under his shadow, etc.
> We in .~erica st i ll believe in size and numbers despite the revelatlons
> ot soiAnoe of the power of imponderable forees. Quantity, not qualty
> oolours tho mental oonsoiousness of the jest to a great degree.
> Undoubtedly the chief corner- stone of the Will and testament 1s the
> Ouardle.n-sr.J.p, end the crux of thi s might y l nsti tut1on, including the
> International Rouse of Jus tice. once it is formed., Lies in the one
> word, "turn". "turn unto hlm.       All things in the un1vePaG "turn".
> The invisible ra.ys which torm the atoms, the earth on its uis-l ts
> rotation in the solar system- that system turns around another faster
> center ~ thus in single word, "turn unto Shoghi Effendi," the ltlw of the
> universe. the law of llfe has been established at the centre, the heart
> of the divi ne religion, the World Order of Baha'u'llah. Our entire
> LIfe, 1nwa rdedly and outwardedly hinges on this "turnlng" •••• in the
> words of the rr,aEter,    concentrated 1n a Point of concentration," in
> the words of Christ, "if the eye be a :lngla, II I t i s a law.
> Likewlse we shall turn in the future to the International House of
> JustIce because the Guardian 1s i ts head. Through him that body
> electe~ from the human plane, the eleot of the elect, through him
> they become overehadowed by that MIghty ~ower. through him alone
> they are l i nked with God.
> We know that Baha''C.'llah hears and grants our prayers within bounds
> perhaps of our fin i te faith and limi tatlon, but the prayer of the
> Guardian 1s irre s istab1 9, all-moVing, al1~potent.
> 
> ABA;de
> Oct.'49
>
> — *Notes on Turning to the Guardian (Used by permission of the curator)*