ry, by the
British, the Indian, the Persian, the Australia-New Zealand, the Iraqi,
the German and the Egyptian National Assemblies, with the exception of the
plan undertaken by the Canadian National Assembly, which forms an integral
part of the Plan associated with the Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, are but
supplements to the vast enterprise whose features have been delineated in
those Tablets and are to be regarded, by their very nature, as regional in
scope, in contrast with the world-embracing character of the mission
entrusted to the community of the champion builders of the World Order of
Baha'u'llah, and the torch-bearers of the civilization which that Order
must eventually establish. As to the Second Seven Year Plan itself, its
eventual success must depend on the attainment of its second and most
vital objective. This objective, in its turn, cannot be achieved unless
the two-year campaign, now launched by the elected representatives of this
community, is successfully carried out. Nor can this campaign yield its
richest fruit unless and until the community, in its entirety,
participates in this nation-wide sacrificial effort. Nor can this
collective effort be blessed, to the fullest extent possible, unless the
contributions made by its members involve acts of self-abnegation, not
only on the part of those of modest means, but also by those endowed with
substantial resources. Nor, indeed, can these self-denying acts, by both
the rich and the poor, be productive of the fullest possible benefit
unless this sacrificial effort is neither momentary nor haphazard, but
rather systematic and continuous throughout the period of the present
emergency.

Then and only then will this holy edifice, symbol and harbinger of a world
civilization as yet unborn, and the embodiment of the sacrifice of a
multitude of the upholders of the Faith of Baha'u'llah, release the full
measure of the regenerative power with which it has been endowed, shed in
all its plenitude the glory of the Most Holy Spirit dwelling within it,
and vindicate, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the truth of every single
promise recorded by the pen of 'Abdu'l-Baha pertaining to its destiny.

No more befitting consummation for this magnificent enterprise can be
envisaged than that this noble edifice, whose cornerstone has been laid by
'Abdu'l-Baha's own hands, the preliminary measure for whose construction
synchronized with the formal interment of the Bab's remains on Mt. Ca