IGHTY AND HISTORIC ENTERPRISES
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, A GLORIOUS CHALLENGE
HIS WATCHFUL POWER AND UNFAILING GRACE
IN MEMORIAM
Frank Ashton
Ella Bailey
Dorothy Baker
Mary Barton
Victoria Bedikian
Ella Cooper
Julia Culver
Dagmar Dole
Homer Dyer
L. W. Eggleston
Harry Ford
Nellie French
Louis C. Gregory
Louise M. Gregory
Bertha Herklotz
Marie Hopper
Maria Ioas
Beatrice Irwin
Marion Jack
Florence Breed Khan
Edward B. Kinney
Fanny Knobloch
George Latimer
Ruhaniyyih Latimer
Fanny Lesch
Edwin W. Mattoon
William Sutherland Maxwell
Florence Morton
Ella Robarts
Annie Romer
Fred Schopflocher
Anthony Y. Seto
Philip G. Sprague
Gertrude Struven
Juliet Thompson
George Townshend
Roy C. Wilhelm
Albert Windust

BELIEVERS' GENEROUS RESPONSE TO TEMPLE FUND

Thrilled by generous response of believers to Temple Fund. Deeply touched.
Hail latest striking evidence of the magnificent spirit, unshakable
solidarity and unflinching resolve of American Baha'i Community. Deepest
loving gratitude.

[January 20, 1947]

CALL TO FULLER PARTICIPATION

Acclaim with grateful heart evidences of steadily accelerating movement of
pioneers, multiplication of conferences, consolidation of activities of
national committees, progress in preliminaries of internal ornamentation
of Temple, and formulation of teaching policy in southern states.
Overwhelmed by tributes paid my own humble efforts by stalwart company
whose championship of Faith of Baha'u'llah during last quarter century
provided greatest support and solace, enabling me to sustain the weight of
cares and responsibilities of Guardianship.

Impelled to plead afresh to ponder responsibilities incurred in
transatlantic field of service. Time is flying. First year of Second Seven
Year Plan is drawing to a close. Shadow of war's tragic aftermath is
deepening. Initial stage of colossal task undertaken in European continent
still in balance. Urge stress for entire community extreme urgency to
reinforce promptly, at whatever cost, however inadequate the instruments,
the number of volunteers, both settlers and itinerant teachers, whom
posterity will rightly recognize as vanguard of torch-bearers of
Baha'u'llah's resistless, world-redeeming order to despairing millions of
diversified races, conflicting nationalities in darkest, most severely
tested