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The Light of Divine Guidance [First of Two Volumes]
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Pages 230-231
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Letter of 29 March 1955
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Dear Bahá'í Friends:
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On April 21st we will enter the last year of the second
phase of the Ten Year Crusade. As you know, one of the
objectives of this second phase is the rapid multiplication of
Assemblies, Groups and Centres throughout the world.
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During the past year, a great deal has been accomplished
by the friends in their efforts to disperse from the large
centres of population in order to build up the goal cities and
establish new centres. However we have not accomplished a
great deal in the way of increasing the number of Bahá'ís,
nor the number of Spiritual Assemblies.
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The beloved Guardian sincerely hopes you will make it a
point of major study and consideration on the part of your
Assembly, so that the entire Community may lend itself to
the accomplishment of this great goal during the coming
year. Foundations must be laid for many more Assemblies.
The friends must disperse from the large centres of
population. Our teaching work must become so sanctified
and penetrating that many, many souls will be confirmed.
The friends should go forward on this great task in a very
determined manner in order to establish as many new
Assemblies during the coming year as are possible.
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In letters which have come to the beloved Guardian, he
has noted the friends feel there is no need to establish new
Assemblies until 1963.
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The Ten Year Crusade ends in 1963; but as many of the
goals should be won as quickly as is possible. It should
certainly be clear to all of the friends that we cannot hold off
on winning the various goals of our tasks until the last year
of the Crusade. They should be won just as quickly as
possible. Furthermore, there are many tasks of the Crusade
which the Guardian is not launching until preliminary goals
have been won. For instance, it would be impossible to
establish National Assemblies in all of the areas proposed
until there are more Bahá'ís, more Groups and more
Assemblies in those countries.
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On the home front, further tasks are dependent upon the
winning of victories now. The Guardian hopes the keynote
of the teaching work on the home front during the current
year will be the dispersion of the friends on an
unprecedented scale, and the winning of as many
Assemblies as is possible....
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