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Citadel of Faith
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Call to Fuller Participation
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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 Bahá'u'lláh
during last quarter century provided greatest support and solace,
enabling me to sustain the weight of cares and responsibilities of
Guardianship.
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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
Bahá'u'lláh's resistless, world-redeeming order to despairing millions of
diversified races, conflicting nationalities in darkest, most severely
tested, spiritually depleted continent of globe. Prayerfully awaiting
response by all ranks of community to supreme call to fuller participation
in glorious enterprise.
[January 30, 1947]
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