eriously considered, for upon it
will, to a very great measure, depend the success of the Mission envisaged
for them by 'Abdu'l-Baha, and now confirmed through the provisions of the
Ten-Year Plan. The assistance extended to their brethren and co-partners
in Austria, who have lately succeeded in enlarging the scope of their
beneficent activities, should, moreover be maintained, nay reinforced, for
the purpose of multiplying the local spiritual assemblies, and of
hastening thereby the emergence of an independent National Spiritual
Assembly in that land. Above all, the burning issue of the purchase of the
site and of the construction of the Mother Temple of Europe must be
resolutely faced, and, once and for all, definitely settled, even if it
becomes necessary to abandon Frankfurt, situated in the heart of their
country, and the national administrative headquarters of their Faith, and
substitute for it Stuttgart, as a site, for their first
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar. Whatever is to be done should be expeditiously
carried out, for time is fast running out and the Ten-Year Crusade is
rapidly and inexorably approaching its midway-point. All eyes, in every
continent of the globe where Baha'is reside, are eagerly and anxiously
watching, expecting the early and definite settlement of these prolonged
negotiations, and prayerfully hoping to witness the first evidences of the
rise of the noble Structure, the erection of which has been entrusted to
the largest and one of the oldest national Baha'i communities in the
European continent.

The divers and formidable obstacles, challenging the spirit and resources
of this long-suffering, firmly based, highly-endowed, much admired
community, have been considered and enumerated. The vital and inescapable
obligations, calling for immediate resolute action, on the part of all of
its privileged members, have been touched upon and sufficiently
emphasized. Now, if ever, is the time for action, with practically half of
the period alloted for the prosecution of a decadelong Crusade already
behind us. The German Baha'i Community, the leading stronghold of the
Faith on the European mainland, must not, cannot fail. All its resources,
spiritual as well as material, must be mobilized at this hour to ensure
the speedy attainment of some of the most glorious objectives of a
glorious Crusade.

I fervently plead with its members, particularly with its watchful,
painstaking, devoted national elected representa