Nor can I refrain from emphasizing in this rapid survey the highly
significant fact that in over sixty territories, constituting more than a
half of the total number of virgin territories opened to the Faith, since
the inauguration of the World Spiritual Crusade, the number of those who
have espoused the Cause of Baha'u'llah and enlisted under His banner has
surpassed the number originally anticipated and regarded as a minimum for
the opening of these territories; that in a considerable proportion of
them the Baha'i membership has far exceeded the number required for the
formation of local Assemblies; that in Gambia as many as three hundred,
and in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as many as five hundred, have been
and are being enrolled beneath His standard; and that in Uganda alone,
which holds the palm of victory, the number of registered believers has
exceeded one thousand.