Though much has been achieved in various fields, the work that still
remains unaccomplished is so vital and urgent that none of its members can
afford to relax for a moment, or to lose sight of the significance and
sacredness of the immediate tasks now confronting it.
The virgin areas, so laboriously opened, must, under no circumstances, be
neglected; nay rather constant attention must be focused upon them in
order to consolidate the glorious historic work initiated in those areas.
The Island of Anticosti, the one remaining goal as yet unattained, and the
only island in the Atlantic Ocean as yet unopened in pursuance of the Ten
Year Plan, should continue to be the object of the special solicitude of
the national elected representatives of this community. The purchase of
the site of the Mother Temple of the Dominion of Canada and the
establishment of the national Haziratu'l-Quds constitute a double task
that can brook no further delay, as the entire Baha'i World, having hailed
the erection of such an indispensable institution in no less than eighteen
countries scattered throughout the continents and oceans of the Globe, is
now intently fixing its eye on this community, so richly blessed by
'Abdu'l-Baha, eager to witness this twofold consummation destined to
considerably enrich the record of the services rendered by its members.
The acceleration in the process of incorporating firmly established Local
Assemblies is yet another objective to which the closest attention must be
paid--a task which will, to a very great extent, contribute, from a legal
standpoint, to the consolidation of these Assemblies. No less important
and vital is the multiplication of isolated centres and groups, the rapid
increase in the number of Local Assemblies, and the steady numerical
growth of the community--the one enduring foundation on which the security
and future prosperity of the community must ultimately rest.