e no less vital obligation to expand, and consolidate
the manifold activities conducted on the homefront, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific seaboard, and from the northern confines of the Great Republic
of the West to the fringes of the Arctic Ocean, must be faithfully
discharged. The setbacks and difficulties that have, unexpectedly and most
unfortunately, been recently experienced in connection with the
acquisition of both the National Haziratu'l-Quds and the site of the
future Mother Temple of Canada, must be faced with resolution and vigour,
and a definite and permanent solution be found which will ensure the full
attainment of these twofold primary objectives. The long overdue
conversion of the American Indians, the Eskimos and French Canadians, as
well as the representatives of other minorities permanently residing
within the borders of that vast Dominion, must receive, in the months
immediately ahead, such an impetus as to astonish and stimulate the
members of all Baha'i communities throughout the length and breadth of the
Western Hemisphere. The independent character of the Faith they profess
and champion must, moreover, be fully vindicated through a closer
adherence, on the part of the rank and file of the believers, to its
distinguishing tenets and precepts, as well as through a fuller
recognition by the civil authorities concerned, of the Baha'i Marriage
Certificate and of the Baha'i Holy Days. The integrity of the fundamental
teachings of the Faith, its security, the healthy and steady development,
and ultimate fruition, of its nascent institutions, must, above all, be
ensured and safeguarded, for upon these will depend the consummation of
the Mission with which the Author of the Tablets of the Divine Plan has
chosen to entrust them.

THIS COMMUNITY MUST FORGE AHEAD

The few remaining years, separating the steadfast and high-minded members
of the Canadian Baha'i Community, striving so assiduously to achieve their
goals, from the time fixed for the termination of a swiftly unfolding
Crusade, are rapidly slipping by. A community which, ever since its
inception, has, through the instrumentality of its most distinguished
members, and particularly its founder(63) and those nearest to her, as
well as a number of her spiritual children and associates, won such prizes
at the World Centre of the Faith, in Latin America, in Europe, in Africa
and in the Pacific area--such a community, at this crucial hour, cannot
a