As the Holy Year expires I am overjoyed to announce to the assembled
believers no less than thirteen additions to the Roll of Honor since
transmission of the last message to the Conference a week ago: Clair Gung,
Southern Rhodesia; Ursula von Brunn, Frisian Islands; Richard Nolen and
family, Azores; Katherine Meyer, Margarita Island; Geraldine Craney,
Hebrides; Fawzi Zeinolabedin and family, Spanish Morocco; Manouchihr
Hezari, Morocco, International Zone; Earle Render, Leeward Islands; Ted
Cardell, Southwest Africa; William Danjon, Andorra; Fred and Jean Allen,
Cape Breton Island; Frederick and Elizabeth Laws, Basutoland; Amin Batt,
Rio de Oro. The total number of virgin areas, inscribed on the scroll with
the names of conquerors since the launching of the World Crusade last
Ridvan, has mounted to fifty. The number of territories included in the
orbit of the Faith has been raised within an unbelievably short time to
one hundred seventy-eight, marking an increase of one hundred countries
since the celebration of the first Jubilee nine years ago. In addition,
sixty unopened areas are bespoken, including the Ukraine and Albania. No
more than eight volunteers are required to be dispatched to Ashanti
Protectorate, Bechuanaland, Chagos Archipelago, Comoro Islands, Marquesas
Islands, Marshall Islands, Spanish Sahara and Tonga Islands in order to
ensure the attainment of the preeminent goal of the Global Crusade,
excluding the Socialist republics and satellite countries. The moment has
arrived for the last day of this year, forever sanctified in the memory of
future generations owing to its sacred associations, to be linked with the
closing of the already narrow gap separating the vanguard of the army of
crusaders from victory in the most glorious phase of the grandest
collective spiritual enterprise yet embarked upon by the organized, firmly
knit communities of the Most Great Name scattered throughout the planet.
[October 14, 1953]