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Citadel of Faith
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Pages 146-147
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STUPENDOUS WORK ACHIEVED BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ'Í COUNCIL
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Particular tribute should, I feel, at this juncture, be paid to the
stupendous work achieved, since the launching of the World Crusade,
by the representatives of this highly privileged community, in their
capacity as members of the International Bahá'í Council, in connection
with the prosecution of a variety of enterprises embarked upon in
recent years, aiming at the expansion and consolidation of the international
institutions of the Faith, the enhancement of its prestige, the
embellishment of the surroundings of its Shrines, the efficient conduct
of its internal affairs, and the forging of fresh links binding it still more
closely to the civil authorities in the Holy Land. The erection of the
International Archives in the close neighborhood of the Báb's holy
Sepulcher; the extension of the international Bahá'í endowments on
the slopes of Mt. Carmel; the formation of several Israel Branches of
Bahá'í National Spiritual Assemblies; the embellishment of the precincts
of the resting-place of both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh; the
purchase of the site of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land;
the preparation of the designs for the International Bahá'í Archives on
Mt. Carmel; and of the Mother Temples of Persia and of Africa; the
inauguration of the preliminary steps for the eventual construction of
Bahá'u'lláh's holy Sepulcher; the measures adopted, with the assistance
of various officials of the State of Israel, for the eviction of the
covenant-breakers from the immediate precincts of the Shrine of
Bahá'u'lláh and the elimination of any influence they still exercise,
after the lapse of over sixty years, in the close vicinity of that Most Holy
Spot--in these, as well as in other various subsidiary activities, constantly
increasing in number as well as in diversity at the spiritual and
administrative center of the Bahá'í world, have the members of the
little band, assiduously laboring under the shadow of the Holy Shrines,
and befittingly representing the American Bahá'í Community, conspicuously
participated, and through their dedicated services, added fresh
luster to the annals of the community to which they belong.
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