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mission, fully relying in the efficacy of that celestial aid which has at
no time failed them in the past, it behoves them to rededicate themselves,
during the opening months of the last year of the second phase of this
world encompassing Crusade, to the tasks they have so splendidly
initiated. The scope of their activities, now ranging out far into the
South Pacific Ocean, must rapidly widen. Their determination to fulfil
their tasks must never for a moment falter. Their vision of the glorious
destiny bound up with the triumphant accomplishment of their collective
enterprise must remain undimmed. Their willingness to sacrifice
unstintingly until every single objective of the Plan has been achieved
must, under no circumstances, be allowed to weaken. Their unity and
solidarity in the pursuit and attainment of their immediate as well as
distant objectives must, at all times, continue unimpaired. The prizes
they have won, at the expense of so much sacrifice, in the islands
neighbouring the Australian continent, as well as in those lying further
from its shores in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans, must not, however
strenuous the effort required, be jeopardized. The opening of the one
remaining island as yet unopened among those alloted to them under the
Ten-Year Plan must be speedily undertaken. The translation of Baha'i
literature into the few remaining languages which still require the
concentrated attention of their elected representatives must in no wise be
neglected. The process of Baha'i incorporation, constituting one of the
most vital features of their collective enterprise, must be
accelerated--however formidable the obstacles which stand in their path.
The establishment of Baha'i endowments in the Dominion of New Zealand is
yet another responsibility devolving upon their elected national
representatives, a responsibility which should be discharged prior to the
emergence of an independent national assembly in that distant and
promising island.

Whilst these immediate goals are being steadily and resolutely pursued,
attention should, likewise, be particularly directed to the vital need for
the constant multiplication of isolated centres, groups and local
assemblies, as well as to the necessity of increasing, to an unprecedented
degree, the number of the avowed adherents of the Faith who can directly
and effectively contribute to the broadening of its foundations and the
expansion of its nascent institutions. Par