ive functions with which its members have been invested since
His passing. The development of the institutions of the Faith on the home
front must be supplemented by, and afford a constant stimulus to, the rise
of similar institutions, first in the limited number of territories and
islands assigned to the elected representatives of this community, and
eventually throughout the colonies and protectorates comprising the
British Empire.

The opening phase of the Ten Year Plan so auspiciously inaugurated on the
morrow of the memorable victories already achieved, covering a period of
no less than two years, must be distinguished by the opening, in rapid
succession, of the eleven virgin territories in Europe and Africa and the
laying of a firm foundation for the future erection of a rapidly rising
Administrative Order whose ramifications are destined to encircle within
the coming ten years the entire planet.

The exertions required to consummate the first stage of this Ten Year Plan
are admittedly arduous, and demand the utmost attentiveness, and a degree
of sacrifice and consecration unequalled in the entire course of British
Baha'i history. In spite of the smallness of their numbers, and the
limited resources at their disposal, the members of the community living
in the British Isles, including administrators and teachers, as well as
the band of self-sacrificing pioneers who have already forsaken their
homes and are labouring in distant fields in the African Continent, must,
at whatever cost, disperse more widely and direct their footsteps to the
virgin territories and islands assigned to their National Assembly,
contributing thereby, directly and effectively, to the speedy and
successful termination of the initial phase of a Crusade on which the
immediate destinies of the entire community so largely depend.

While this supreme effort is being exerted special and immediate attention
must, likewise, be directed to two other objectives which constitute a
vital part of the work now confronting the members of this community. The
selection of the site of the Haziratu'l-Quds in the city of London, the
heart of the British Empire, and the national administrative seat of the
Baha'is of the British Isles, and the adoption of effective measures for
its immediate purchase, as well as the preparation of a suitable pamphlet
and its prompt translation and publication in the thirty-one languages
assigned to the British Baha'i National As