a firmer grasp, of the requirements of the
present hour, and a more complete dedication to the purposes of the
present-day enterprise.

The steady multiplication of Baha'i Administrative institutions; the rapid
consolidation of these basic agencies on which the speedy expansion of the
community beyond its borders must ultimately depend; the early
incorporation of all steadily functioning assemblies as a means of further
reinforcing a newly erected administrative structure; the systematic and
vigorous dissemination of Baha'i literature, and the gradual proclamation
of the Faith through the Press and Radio; the initiation of measures
designed to forge friendly links between these newly-fledged assemblies
and local civil authorities, and a parallel effort aimed at the
strengthening of the ties binding the Baha'i Supreme Administrative Body
with both the Federal and State authorities--above all the constant
deepening of the spiritual life of the individual believers, the
enrichment of community life, the promotion of greater unity, harmony and
cooperation among the rank and file of the followers of the Faith--these
are the essential prerequisites to which special attention should be
directed in preparation for the great campaign destined to be launched in
that remote corner of the globe, by one of the most youthful and promising
Baha'i national communities, on the morrow of the world-wide celebrations
of the centenary of the birth of Baha'u'llah's prophetic Mission.

Afire with the vision that now opens before their eyes; conscious of the
substantial share of responsibility they must assume, in conjunction with
the Indian, the Pakistani, the North American, and the Latin American
followers of the Faith of Baha'u'llah, in uplifting the banner of the Most
Great Name amidst the dwellers of these scattered, distant and in some
cases isolated, Islands of the South, and in drawing them into the orbit
of His constantly evolving Administrative Order; fortified by the
magnificent progress they themselves have achieved in their own homelands;
and confident of the irresistible and mysterious power instilled by the
Hand of Providence in every agency associated with His Most Holy Name, let
the members of these rapidly maturing, fast evolving, soundly established,
Baha'i communities throughout Australasia arise, as they have never
heretofore done, and during the concluding phase of their present
fate-laden Plan, to seal their high endeav