mpelled Him to cast the radiance of His person, in the evening of His
life, on its mother city(3), and induced Him, ere His passing, to bequeath
to it so rich a legacy in what may be regarded as one of the mightiest
repositories of His last wishes. No one, of the galaxy of immortal heroes,
now gathered to the glory of Baha'u'llah, can contemplate with greater
delight the advances, which this community has made, or intercede with
greater efficacy on its behalf, than she(4) who has won the peerless title
of the Mother of that community, the initial phase of whose career was
signalized by the founding of the mother community in the European
continent, and the conclusion of which was crowned by a death cementing
the spiritual bonds now indissolubly uniting the North and South American
continents.

EXECUTION OF THE PLAN

The Five Year Plan, now set in motion, must under no circumstances be
allowed to lag behind its schedule. A befitting start should be made in
the execution of the Plan in all its aspects. The initial steps should be
relentlessly followed by additional measures designed to hasten the
incorporation of your Assembly, to accelerate the multiplication of Local
Assemblies, groups and isolated centres, throughout the Provinces of the
Dominion, to insure the stability of the outpost of the Faith which must
be established in Newfoundland, and to incorporate a steadily growing
element, representative of both the Indian and Eskimo races, into the life
of the community.

Obstacles, however formidable, will have to be determinedly surmounted.
Any reverses that sooner or later may be suffered should be met with stoic
fortitude, and speedily offset by victories in other fields. The glorious
vision now unveiled to your eyes must never be dimmed. The illuminating
promises enshrined in 'Abdu'l-Baha's Tablets should not be forgotten for a
moment. The quality of the success already achieved by so small a number,
over so extensive a field, in so brief a period, at so precarious an hour
in the destinies of mankind, should spur on the elected representatives of
this now fully-fledged community to achieve in as short a period, over
still more extensive an area, and despite a severer crisis than any as yet
encountered, victories more abiding in their merit and more conspicuous in
their brilliance than any as yet won in the service and for the glory of
the Faith of Baha'u'llah.

Your true brother,
SHOGHI.

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