"The question of Guidance is a very subtle one. We cannot be positive that
an impulse or a dream is guidance. We can seek, through earnest prayer and
longing, sincerely to do God's will, His guidance. We can try, as you say,
to emulate the Master and at all times live up to the teachings, but we
cannot be sure that doing these things we are still making no mistakes and
are perfectly guided. These things help us not to make so many mistakes
and to receive more directly the guidance God seeks to give us."
92: HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (STATION AND FUNCTION--WHEN MENTIONED
IN WRITING)
"The rank and position of the Hands of the Cause are superior to the
position of the National Assemblies. In writing concerning the Hands,
therefore, when there is reference to the Institutions of the Faith, after
the Guardian should be mentioned the Hands, and then the National
Bodies..."