As co-partner with the American Baha'i Community in the execution of the
Divine Plan, it must evince in both the administrative and pioneer fields,
a heroism that may be truly worthy of its high calling. In the remote and
inhospitable regions of the North, amidst the Eskimos of Greenland and the
Indians of the Dominion of Canada; throughout the Provinces of a far flung
territory where newly fledged assemblies, and nuclei of future Baha'i
institutions in the form of groups and isolated centres, lie scattered; in
its relationships and negotiations with the local, provincial and national
representatives of civil authority in issues affecting matters of personal
status and the independence of the Faith and the establishment of its
endowments; in its contact with the masses and in its effort to publicize
the Faith, enhance its prestige and disseminate its literature, this
community, so young, so vibrant with life, so laden with blessings, so
rich in promise, must rise to such heights, achieve such fame as shall
eclipse the radiance of its past administrative and pioneer achievements.
Then and only then, will this community acquire the spiritual
potentialities that will enable it to discharge, as befits a co-heir of
the Tablets of the Divine Plan, the tremendous responsibilities, and
fulfil the functions, devolving upon it beyond the oceans, and in all the
continents of the globe.
May this community, the leaven placed by the hands of Providence in the
midst of a people belonging to a nation, likewise young, dynamic, richly
endowed with material resources, and assured of a great material
prosperity by 'Abdu'l-Baha, play its part not only in lending a notable
impetus to the world-wide propagation of the Faith it has espoused, but
contribute, as its resources multiply and as it gains in stature, to the
spiritualization and material progress of the nation of which it forms so
vital a part.