hter communities, now blossoming into new life, and marching forth,
unitedly and resolutely, along the path traced for them in the Ten Year
Plan, cannot but feel proud of the tremendous work first initiated in the
heart of Africa by British Baha'i pioneers, and of the organising ability,
the sound judgement, the unquestioning fidelity, and the dogged
determination that have characterised every stage in the rise, the
development and fruition of the first collective enterprise embarked upon
beyond the confines of the British Isles by the British adherents of the
Faith of Baha'u'llah.

Though much of the responsibility hitherto discharged by your Assembly, in
both the heart of the continent and the territories situated on its
Eastern and Western shores, will now devolve on the newly established
Regional Spiritual Assemblies, the particular Mission you have been called
upon, through the dispensation of Providence to fulfil, is by no means
concluded. Every assistance within your power, particularly in matters
requiring the aid, support and intervention of the authorities at the
Colonial Office, and in connection with the translation of Baha'i
literature into African languages, their publication and dissemination, as
well as with any publicity that can be given in the British press to the
marvellous achievements of the numerous Baha'i communities recently raised
up in Africa, and now energetically discharging their manifold and sacred
duties all over that continent--such assistance should be constantly and
unstintingly extended to these newly fledged communities which the power
of the Most Great Name has called into being at so crucial a period in
human history, and at so auspicious a stage in the mysterious unfoldment
of God's Plan for all mankind.

While this beneficent, slowly maturing, irresistibly advancing enterprise
develops and gains momentum, through the concerted and tireless efforts of
its original organisers in the British Isles and those in charge of its
immediate destinies in Africa itself, a corresponding endeavour, no less
consecrated, persistent and enthusiastic, should be exerted in the Islands
of the Mediterranean and the Far East, where similar exploits must needs
be achieved by those who have performed such unforgettable feats among the
Negroes of the African continent.

Parallel with this highly vital and urgently needed exertion in foreign
fields, a further intensification of effort is required on the