e spiritual mother of that same
community, who, though fully aware of the risks of the voyage she was
undertaking, journeyed as far as the capital of Argentina to serve a Cause
that had honoured her so uniquely, and there laid down her life and won
the everlasting crown of martyrdom. It was, moreover, a Canadian(18) who
more recently achieved the immortal renown of designing the exquisite
shell destined to envelop, preserve and embellish the holy and priceless
structure enshrining the dust of the Beloved Founder of our Faith.

A community which, in the course of less than fifty years, has to its
credit such an imperishable record of international service, and standing
now on the threshold of a new epoch in its evolution, recognized as a
self-governing member of the family of Baha'i national communities,
functioning according to a Plan of its own conceived for its orderly and
efficient development, must, if it is to maintain the standard of
excellence it has already attained, display on a still wider front, and
continue to demonstrate, a no less profound spirit of dedication, as it
forges ahead, in the years to come, along the road laid down for it by the
Centre of the Covenant Himself in His historic Tablets.

CO-HEIR OF THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN

As co-partner with the American Baha'i Community in the execution of the
Divine Plan, it must evince in both the administrative and pioneer fields,
a heroism that may be truly worthy of its high calling. In the remote and
inhospitable regions of the North, amidst the Eskimos of Greenland and the
Indians of the Dominion of Canada; throughout the Provinces of a far flung
territory where newly fledged assemblies, and nuclei of future Baha'i
institutions in the form of groups and isolated centres, lie scattered; in
its relationships and negotiations with the local, provincial and national
representatives of civil authority in issues affecting matters of personal
status and the independence of the Faith and the establishment of its
endowments; in its contact with the masses and in its effort to publicize
the Faith, enhance its prestige and disseminate its literature, this
community, so young, so vibrant with life, so laden with blessings, so
rich in promise, must rise to such heights, achieve such fame as shall
eclipse the radiance of its past administrative and pioneer achievements.

Then and only then, will this community acquire the spiritual
potentialities that will