, were, under the unerring guidance of Providence,
creating and perfecting the agencies for its efficient and systematic
prosecution. The next stage in the evolution of the Plan cannot, however,
be embarked upon, until the external causes, hampering its further
unfoldment in other continents of the globe, are removed through the
cessation of hostilities and the signal victories already won through its
initial development are sufficiently consolidated throughout the Western
Hemisphere. The tasks confronting those who have so valiantly and
brilliantly inaugurated the first stage in the execution of the Great
Design unfolded by 'Abdu'l-Baha for the promulgation of the Faith of His
Father, during this transitional period, are manifold, exacting, urgent,
and sacred. The local administrative units, so laboriously constituted
throughout the Americas, must needs, as already pointed out and repeatedly
stressed, be maintained, reinforced, closely integrated and their number
steadily multiplied. The spirit that has inflamed the pioneers who have
set the seal of triumph on the Seven Year Plan, must under the vigilant
care of the National representatives of the American Baha'i community be
constantly watched, kept alive and nourished. The literature of the Faith,
particularly in Spanish and Portuguese, must be widely disseminated in
both Central and South America, as a necessary adjunct to the systematic
consolidation of the work that has been undertaken. Above all, the healing
Message of Baha'u'llah must during the opening years of the second Baha'i
Century, and through the instrumentality of an already properly
functioning Administrative Order, whose ramifications have been extended
to the four corners of the Western Hemisphere, be vividly, systematically
brought to the attention of the masses, in their hour of grief, misery and
confusion. A more audacious assertion of the challenging verities of the
Faith; a more convincing presentation of its distinguishing truths; a
fuller exposition of the character, the aims and the achievements of its
rising Administrative system as the nucleus and pattern of its future
world-embracing order; a more direct and intimate contact and association
with the leaders of public thought, whose activities and aims are akin to
the teachings of Baha'u'llah, for the purpose of demonstrating the
universality, the comprehensiveness, the liberality and the dynamic power
of His Divine Message; a closer scrutiny