or the establishment of a Baha'i
Publishing Trust in Tihran.

The design for the Mother Temple in the cradle of the Faith was unveiled
in the presence of pilgrims and resident believers assembled within the
Haram-i-Aqdas on the first day of Ridvan.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, April 30, 1955]

Prayers for Faith in Persia

Call upon all believers to join me in special, fervent prayers for Divine
protection of the vital interests and complete emancipation from shackles
of the beloved Faith in Baha'u'llah's native land.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, April 30, 1955]

Appointment to International Baha'i Council

Announce to National Assemblies the number of the members of the
International Council has been raised to nine through appointment of
Sylvia Ioas.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, May 4, 1955]

Implications and Requirements

Impelled at this grave hour in the chequered history of the over
century-old, world-encompassing, repeatedly-persecuted yet undefeatable
Faith, to summon the entire body of the valorous upholders of its
institutions who, severally and collectively, stand pledged to the
prosecution of the mightiest crusade launched since its inception, whether
residing in homelands or overseas, however repressive the regimes under
which they labor, to ponder anew the full implications and essential
requirements of their stewardship of the Cause of Baha'u'llah.

Entreat them to refuse to allow any vicissitudes, present or future, to
dampen their ardor and enthusiasm, impair their solidarity, weaken their
resolution, or deflect them from their high purpose. Unbowed by adversity,
disdainful of the clamors, undeterred by the machinations of the
inveterate, artful, traditional enemies who are alarmed by their own
declining fortunes, contrasting with the evidence of the dynamic force,
impelling power, rising prestige, indivisible unity, accumulating
resources, multiplying institutions and inextinguishable spirit of God's
infant Faith, it behoveth them to bend their energies, rise to higher
levels of consecration, vigilantly combat all forms of misrepresentations,
eradicate suspicions, dispel misgivings, silence criticisms, through still
more compelling demonstration of loyalty to their respective governments,
win, maintain and strengthen the confidence of the civil authorities in
their integrity and sincerity, reaffirm the universality of the aims and
purposes of the Faith, proclaim the spiritual cha