e alertness, and optimism they have thus far so consistently shown,
qualify them to play an active part in arousing the interest, and in
securing the allegiance, of their fellow youth in those countries. No
greater demonstration can be given to the peoples of both continents of
the youthful vitality and the vibrant power animating the life, and the
institutions of the nascent Faith of Baha'u'llah than an intelligent,
persistent, and effective participation of the Baha'i youth, of every
race, nationality, and class, in both the teaching and administrative
spheres of Baha'i activity. Through such a participation the critics and
enemies of the Faith, watching with varying degrees of skepticism and
resentment, the evolutionary processes of the Cause of God and its
institutions, can best be convinced of the indubitable truth that such a
Cause is intensely alive, is sound to its very core, and its destinies in
safe keeping. I hope, and indeed pray, that such a participation may not
only redound to the glory, the power, and the prestige of the Faith, but
may also react so powerfully on the spiritual lives, and galvanize to such
an extent the energies of the youthful members of the Baha'i community, as
to empower them to display, in a fuller measure, their inherent
capacities, and to unfold a further stage in their spiritual evolution
under the shadow of the Faith of Baha'u'llah.

Faithful to the provisions of the Charter laid down by the pen of
'Abdu'l-Baha, I feel it my duty to draw the special attention of those to
whom it has been entrusted to the urgent needs of, and the special
position enjoyed by, the Republic of Panama, both in view of its relative
proximity to the heart and center of the Faith in North America, and of
its geographical position as the link between two continents. "All the
above countries," 'Abdu'l-Baha, referring to the Latin States in one of
the Tablets of the Divine Plan, has written, "have importance, but
especially the Republic of Panama, wherein the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
come together through the Panama Canal. It is a center for travel and
passage from America to other continents of the world, and in the future
it will gain most great importance." "Likewise," He again has written, "ye
must give great attention to the Republic of Panama, for in that point the
Occident and the Orient find each other united through the Panama Canal,
and it is also situated between the two great oceans. That place