Bahai Faith -- North America; Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957 -- Correspondence
Nor should the valuable and meritorious labors accomplished since the
inception of the first Seven Year Plan in Punta Arenas de Magallanes, that
far-off center situated not only on the southern extremity of the Western
Hemisphere, but constituting the southernmost outpost of the Faith in the
whole world, be for a moment neglected in the course of the second stage
in the development of the Divine Plan. The assembly already constituted in
that city, the remarkable radio publicity secured by the believers there,
the assistance extended by them to the teaching work in other parts of
Chile, should be regarded only as a prelude to the work of consolidation
which must be indefatigably pursued. This work, if properly carried out,
in conjunction with the activities associated with the assemblies of
Santiago, Valparaìso and Viná del Mar, and the groups of Puerto Montt,
Valdivia, Quilpue, Temuco, Sewell, Chorrillos, Mülchen and other smaller
ones, as well as several isolated localities in that republic, may well
hasten the advent of the day when the Chilean followers of the Faith of
Bahá’u’lláh will have established the first independent national spiritual
assembly to be formed by any single nation of Latin America.
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S SUMMONS TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Whoever it may be among these Latin American communities who will
eventually carry off the palm of victory, and win this immortal
distinction, all without exception, and with equal zeal, must participate
in this vast and collective enterprise which is engaging, in an
ever-increasing measure, their attention and challenging their resources.
Let them remember that the Author of their Faith has in His Kitáb-i-Aqdas,
the Mother-Book of His Revelation, singled out the company of the
Presidents of their countries, together with those of the North American
continent, and addressed them in terms that sharply contrast with the dire
warnings and condemnatory words addressed directly and indirectly, to the
King of Prussia, the French and Austrian Emperors and the Sultan of
Turkey, who, together with those Presidents, are the only sovereigns and
rulers specifically mentioned by Him in that Book.
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