Love instead of hate, and a great reassurance for all men."
Have not the American adherents of the Faith of Baha'u'llah, through the
courage displayed by one of the most brilliant members of their community,
been instrumental in paving the way for the removal of those barriers
which have, for well-nigh a century, hampered the growth and crippled the
energy of their fellow-believers in Persia? Is it not America who, ever
mindful of 'Abdu'l-Baha's passionate entreaty, has sent out to the ends of
the earth a steadily increasing number of its most consecrated
citizens--men and women the one wish of whose lives is to consolidate the
foundations of Baha'u'llah's world-embracing dominion? In the northernmost
capitals of Europe, in most of its central states, throughout the Balkan
Peninsula, along the shores of the African, the Asiatic and South American
continents are to be found this day a small band of women pioneers who,
single-handed and with scanty resources, are toiling for the advent of the
Day 'Abdu'l-Baha has foretold. Did not the attitude of the Greatest Holy
Leaf, as she approached the close of her life, bear eloquent testimony to
the incomparable share which her steadfast and self-sacrificing lovers in
that continent have had in lightening the burden which had weighed so long
and so heavily on her heart? And finally who can be so bold as to deny
that the completion of the superstructure of the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar--the
crowning glory of America's past and present achievements--has forged that
mystic chain which is to link, more firmly than ever, the hearts of its
champion-builders with Him Who is the Source and Center of their Faith and
the Object of their truest adoration?

Fellow-believers in the American continent! Great indeed have been your
past and present achievements! Immeasurably greater are the wonders which
the future has in store for you! The Edifice your sacrifices have raised
still remains to be clothed. The House which must needs be supported by
the highest administrative institution your hands have reared, is as yet
unbuilt. The provisions of the chief Repository of those laws that must
govern its operation are thus far mostly undisclosed. The Standard which,
if 'Abdu'l-Baha's wishes are to be fulfilled, must be raised in your own
country has yet to be unfurled. The Unity of which that standard is to be
the symbol is far from being yet established. The machinery which must
needs incarnate and preser