beloved friends He was moved to reveal, He unfolded to their eyes
His conception of their spiritual destiny, His Plan for the mission He
wished them to undertake. The seeds His hands had sown He was now watering
with that same care, that same love and patience, which had characterized
His previous endeavors whilst He was laboring in their midst.

The clarion call which 'Abdu'l-Baha had raised was the signal for an
outburst of renewed activity which, alike in the motives it inspired and
the forces it set in motion, America had scarcely experienced. Lending an
unprecedented impetus to the work which the enterprising ambassadors of
the Message of Baha'u'llah had initiated in distant lands, this mighty
movement has continued to spread until the present day, has gathered
momentum as it extended its ramifications over the surface of the globe,
and will continue to accelerate its march until the last wishes of its
original Promoter are completely fulfilled.

Forsaking home, kindred, friends and position a handful of men and women,
fired with a zeal and confidence which no human agency can kindle, arose
to carry out the mandate which 'Abdu'l-Baha had issued. Sailing northward
as far as Alaska, pushing on to the West Indies, penetrating the South
American continent to the banks of the Amazon and across the Andes to the
southernmost ends of the Argentine Republic, pressing on westward into the
island of Tahiti and beyond it to the Australian continent and still
beyond it as far as New Zealand and Tasmania, these intrepid heralds of
the Faith of Baha'u'llah have succeeded by their very acts in setting to
the present generation of their fellow-believers throughout the East an
example which they may well emulate. Headed by their illustrious
representative, who ever since the call of 'Abdu'l-Baha was raised has
been twice round the world and is still, with marvellous courage and
fortitude, enriching the matchless record of her services, these men and
women have been instrumental in extending, to a degree as yet unsurpassed
in Baha'i history, the sway of Baha'u'llah's universal dominion. In the
face of almost insurmountable obstacles they have succeeded in most of the
countries through which they have passed or in which they have resided, in
proclaiming the teachings of their Faith, in circulating its literature,
in defending its cause, in laying the basis of its institutions and in
reinforcing the number of its declared supporters. It