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Messages to the Bahá'í World: 1950-1957
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Pages 75-76
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International Archives Building and Design for Temple in Persia
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On the occasion of the Naw-Rúz Festival marking the opening
of the auspicious year being celebrated by the followers of the Faith
in approximately sixteen hundred centers in the Western Hemisphere,
above eight hundred in Asia, well nigh three hundred in
Africa, more than two hundred in Europe and over one hundred
in the Antipodes, I joyfully announce the commencement of the
excavation for the foundations of the International Archives heralding
the rise of the first edifice destined to inaugurate the establishment
of the seat of the World Bahá'í Administrative order in
the Holy Land.
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I announce moreover the selection of the design submitted by
the Hand of the Cause, Mason Remey, for the projected Mother
Temple in Bahá'u'lláh's native land, paving the way for the construction
of the third Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Bahá'í world.
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Urge followers of the Faith in Eastern and Western Hemispheres
to arise and lend support to the erection of these twin
mighty institutions of the embryonic World Order of Bahá'u'lláh
at the World Center of the Faith and within the cradle of His
Revelation.
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Share twin glad tidings with all National Assemblies.
--Shoghi [Cablegram, March 20, 1955]
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