tive agencies functioning
in no less than twenty republics of Central and South America; to maintain
in their present strength the strongholds of the Faith in the ten goal
countries of Europe; to complete the interior ornamentation of the first
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of the West, and its Mother Temple, in preparation
of its Jubilee; to assist in the erection of the superstructure of a still
holier edifice, envisaged by its Founder and established by the Center of
His Covenant on God's holy mountain, at the very heart and center of our
beloved Faith, would indeed constitute, by virtue of their scope, origin
and character, embracing three continents and including within their range
the World Center of the Faith itself, a worthy, befitting five-fold
offering placed on the altar of the Faith of Baha'u'llah, on the occasion
of the Centenary of the birth of His Mission by a community which, more
than any sister community, in East or West, has contributed, since the
inception of the Formative Age of His Faith to the enlargement of its
limits, the rise and establishment of its Administrative Order and the
spread of its fame, glory and power.

That this community may, in the course of these three coming years,
discharge its five-fold task--now assuming, through the stress of
circumstances, still vaster proportions, and investing itself with still
greater blessedness and merit, than originally envisaged--with a spirit
outshining any hitherto shown in the course of its half-century
stewardship to the Faith of Baha'u'llah, is my most fervent wish and the
object of my special and ardent prayers at this time when my heart and
mind are fixed upon the sufferings and passion of the Bab on the occasion
of the Centenary of His Martyrdom.

[July 5, 1950]

RUHI AND FAMILY SHOW OPEN DEFIANCE

Inform friends that Ruhi, his mother, with Ruha, his aunt, and their
families, not content with years of disobedience and unworthy conduct, are
now showing open defiance. Confident that exemplary loyalty of American
believers will sustain me in carrying overwhelming burden of cares
afflicting me.

[July 15, 1950]

NON-BAHA'I GIFTS

All gifts by non-Baha'is are to be used for charity only.

[July 24, 1950]

TEACHING IN AFRICA

Feel moved to appeal to gallant, great-hearted American Baha'i Community
to arise on the eve of launching the far-reaching, historic campaign by
sister Community of the British Isles to len