ure upon them, those whom they wish to
win over to their Cause.

I would particularly direct my appeal to those American believers,
sore-pressed as they are by the manifold, the urgent, and ever-increasing
issues that confront them at the present hour, who may find it possible,
whatever be their calling or employment, whether as businessmen, school
teachers, lawyers, doctors, writers, office workers, and the like, to
establish permanently their residence in such countries as may offer them
a reasonable prospect of earning the means of livelihood. They will by
their action be relieving the continually increasing pressure on their
Teaching Fund, which in view of its restricted dimensions must provide,
when not otherwise available, the traveling and other expenses to be
incurred in connection with the development of this vast undertaking.
Should they find it impossible to take advantage of so rare and sacred a
privilege, let them, mindful of the words of Baha'u'llah, determine, each
according to the means at his or her disposal, to appoint a deputy who, on
that believer's behalf, will arise and carry out so noble an enterprise.
"Center your energies," are Baha'u'llah's words, "in the propagation of
the Faith of God. Whoso is worthy of so high a calling, let him arise and
promote it. Whoso is unable, it is his duty to appoint him who will, in
his stead, proclaim this Revelation, whose power hath caused the
foundations of the mightiest structures to quake, every mountain to be
crushed into dust, and every soul to be dumbfounded."

As to those who have been able to leave their homes and country, and to
serve in those regions, whether temporarily or permanently, a special
duty, which must continually be borne in mind, devolves upon them. It
should be one of their chief aims to keep, on the one hand, in constant
touch with the National Committee specifically entrusted with the
promotion of their work, and to cooperate, on the other, by every possible
means and in the utmost harmony, with their fellow-believers in those
countries, whatever the field in which they labor, whatever their
standing, ability, or experience. Through the performance of their first
duty they will derive the necessary stimulus and obtain the necessary
guidance that will enable them to prosecute effectively their mission, and
will also, through their regular reports to that committee, be imparting
to the general body of their fellow-believers the news of t