supreme immediate objective should be the permanent
establishment of at least one center in every state of the American
Republic and in every Republic of the American continent not yet enlisted
under the banner of His Faith. Its ramifications should gradually be
extended to the European continent, and its scope should be made to
include those countries, such as the Baltic States, Poland, Greece, Spain
and Portugal, where no avowed believer has established any definite
residence. The field is immense, the task gigantic, the privilege
immeasurably precious. Time is short, and the obligation sacred, paramount
and urgent. The American community must muster all its force, concentrate
its resources, summon to its aid all the faith, the determination and
energies of which it is capable, and set out, single-minded and undaunted,
to attain still greater heights in its mighty exertions for the Cause of
Baha'u'llah.

May 30, 1936

INTENSIFY TEACHING WORK A THOUSANDFOLD

I am eagerly awaiting the news of the progress of the activities initiated
to promote the teaching work within, and beyond, the confines of the
American continent. The American believers, if they wish to carry out, in
the spirit and the letter, the parting wishes of their beloved Master,
must intensify their teaching work a thousandfold and extend its
ramifications beyond the confines of their native land and as far as the
most distant outposts of their far-flung Faith. The Tablets of the Divine
Plan invest your Assembly with unique and grave responsibilities, and
confer upon it privileges which your sister Assemblies might well envy and
admire. The present opportunity is unutterably precious. It may not recur
again. Undaunted by the perils and the uncertainties of the present hour,
the American believers must press on and prosecute in its entirety the
task which now confronts them. I pray for their success from the depths of
my heart.

July 28, 1936

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING

I cannot allow this communication to be sent without adding a few words in
person and stress afresh the significance of the undertaking in which the
entire Baha'i community has embarked. The promulgation of the Divine Plan,
unveiled by our departed Master in the darkest days of one of the severest
ordeals which humanity has ever experienced, is the key which Providence
has placed in the hands of the American believers whereby to unlock the
doors leading t