's martyrdom,
and with Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-_Ch_al in Tihran, to
arise and scale still loftier heights of self-sacrifice and efface the
deficit in the National Fund. Address in particular fervent plea to brace
itself to play a preponderating role in the impending world crusade, which
a world community, utilizing the agencies of a divinely-appointed world
administrative order, is preparing to launch, amidst the deepening shadows
of a world crisis for the execution of 'Abdu'l-Baha's world-encircling
plan and the subsequent unfoldment of a world civilization, and the
ultimate attainment of the supreme objective, the illumination and
redemption of a whole world.

Advise share message National Assemblies East and West.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, April 23, 1952]

RAPID PROGRESS OF A WORLD CENTER--DECLINE IN FORTUNES OF COVENANT-BREAKERS

On morrow of sixtieth anniversary of Baha'u'llah's Ascension share double
announcement with Baha'i world through all National Assemblies: The rapid
progress of the enterprise majestically unfolding in the heart of God's
Holy Mountain, and the steady decline in the fortunes of the remnant of
old Covenant-breakers still defiantly challenging the combined strength of
the Baha'i world community.

The termination of the Octagon, setting the second crown on the Holy
Edifice, synchronizing with last Naw-Ruz Festival, was followed by the
erection and gilding of the balustrade during the course of the succeeding
Ridvan period. Preliminary investigations culminated in the erection of
the scaffolding and the commencement of the construction of the Drum at an
estimated cost of thirteen thousand pounds, constituting the third unit of
the Edifice preparatory to raising the golden Dome. Experiments, prior to
the placing of the contract for the gilded tiles for the Dome, concluded.
Confidently anticipate the completion of all preliminaries, enabling the
builders of the mighty, sacred Structure to start construction of the Dome
on the morrow of the opening of the fast approaching Holy Year, paving the
way to the fulfilment of 'Abdu'l-Baha's prophecy, uttered in the dark days
of the First World War, envisaging the glory of the resplendent Dome
greeting the devout gaze of future pilgrims drawing nigh to the shores of
the Holy Land.

Old Covenant-breakers, untaught by the lessons of the past sixty years,
the reverses suffered in connection with the restitution of keys to the
Shri