d increased the number of its
administrative centres must be accelerated no matter how great the
sacrifice involved. The development of the local and national Funds must
be continuously maintained as a prelude to the establishment of local and
national endowments and the ultimate erection of a House of Worship that
will incarnate the soul of a flourishing nation-wide community. The
initiation of a systematic and sustained campaign beyond the frontiers of
that Dominion, and in obedience to the Mandate of the Author of the Divine
Plan, to which it stands inescapably pledged, and aiming at the
introduction of the Faith in Greenland and the conversion of the Eskimos
still remains to be undertaken. The consolidation of the summer school,
the gradual incorporation of firmly established, properly functioning
Assemblies are, moreover, objectives that must under no circumstances be
overlooked or neglected.

As the operation of the Plan gathers momentum the members of this
community must evince a still greater measure of solidarity, rise to
higher levels of heroism, demonstrate a greater capacity for collective
achievement, and attract still more abundant blessings on the varied
enterprises on which they have embarked.

I am following the unfoldment of their Plan with eager and sustained
interest. My ardent prayers will surround and accompany its prosecutors at
every stage of their historic undertaking. My confidence in their ultimate
success is not only unshaken, but has been immensely reinforced. May He
Who watches over them guide every step they take, bless every measure they
adopt, remove every obstacle that impedes their onward march and fulfil
every desire they cherish for the future glory, honour and greatness of
their beloved Faith in that vast and richly blessed Dominion.

SHOGHI.

Letter of June 23, 1950

June 23, 1950.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada

Your letters ... have been received by our beloved Guardian, and he has
instructed me to answer you on his behalf.

He feels sure you will understand the reason for the delay in answering
your letters--and, indeed, all the other N.S.A.s' letters--when he explains
that not only has this been a terrific winter of work in connection with
the construction of the Shrine, but since the beginning of April my dear
father, Mr. Maxwell(7), has been dangerously and desperately ill. The
anxiety this caused us all, and the constant coming and g