gh expectantly await, ready to assist and acclaim the nine
holy souls who, independently or as deputies, will promptly, fearlessly
volunteer to forsake their homes, cast away their attachments and
definitely settle in these territories to lay firm anchorage of the
Administrative Order of this undefeatable Faith. I am irresistibly urged
and proud of the privilege to pledge nine hundred pounds to facilitate the
permanent settlement of pioneers in these States and Provinces whose acts
and heroic self-abnegation will mark the conclusion of this shining Epoch
in American Baha'i history.

Cablegram January 26, 1939

THE RAREST PRIVILEGE EVER CONFERRED BY PROVIDENCE UPON THE AMERICAN BAHA'I
COMMUNITY

Very soon we shall be entering the second half of the last decade of this,
the first century of the Baha'i Era. The five remaining years should
essentially be consecrated to the imperative, the spiritual needs of the
remaining Republics of both Central and South America, for whose entry
into the fellowship of Baha'u'llah the Plan was primarily formulated. The
prime requisite for the definite opening of what may come to be regarded
as one of the most brilliant chapters in American Baha'i history, is the
completion of the initial task which American Baha'i pioneers must perform
in the nine remaining States and Provinces as yet unassociated with the
organic structure of the Faith.

The period ahead is short, strenuous, fraught with mortal perils for human
society, yet pregnant with possibilities of unsurpassed triumphs for the
power of Baha'u'llah's redemptive Cause. The occasion is propitious for a
display, by the American Baha'i Community, in its corporate capacity, of
an effort which in its magnitude, character, and purpose must outshine its
past endeavors. Failure to exploit these present, these golden
opportunities would blast the hopes which the prosecution of the Plan has
thus far aroused, and would signify the loss of the rarest privilege ever
conferred by Providence upon the American Baha'i Community. It is in view
of the criticalness of the situation that I was led to place at the
disposal of any pioneer willing to dedicate himself to the task of the
present hour such modest resources as would facilitate the discharge of so
enviable a duty.

The Baha'i World, increasingly subjected to the rigors of suppression, in
both the East and the West, watches with unconcealed astonishment, and
derives hope and comfort