Messages to America by Shoghi Effendi Edition 1, (September 2006) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use [Frontispiece] NABÍL’S NARRATIVE IMMORTAL SPIRIT UNITED WILL, CONCERTED ACTION NON-PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS PERSONALITIES SUBORDINATED MOMENTOUS CONVENTION AN EMINENT RANK POTENTIALITIES OF MAJESTIC EDIFICE THE VOTING RIGHT UNPRECEDENTED IMPETUS SEPARATION FROM OUTWORN CREEDS THE NATIONAL FUND THE NEW HOUR HAS STRUCK THIS IS TRULY PROVIDENTIAL ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S HISTORIC APPEAL FRESH CONQUESTS AND UNPRECEDENTED TRIUMPHS INTENSIFY TEACHING WORK A THOUSANDFOLD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING A COMPLETE REDEDICATION INSTITUTION OF GUARDIANSHIP NOW FURTHER REINFORCED DUAL GIFT THE CALL HAS GONE FORTH ... THE PATH IS CLEAR CONVENTION DELEGATES INCREASED ALL SHOULD ARISE ARCHBREAKER OF COVENANT CERTAIN VITAL REQUIREMENTS OF SEVEN YEAR PLAN A YEAR HAS ALMOST ELAPSED DRAW NIGH UNTO BAHÁ’U’LLÁH MARCHING TOWARD THEIR GOAL UNBROKEN SOLIDARITY, UNQUENCHABLE ENTHUSIASM LOYALTY TO WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH NINE HOLY SOULS THE RAREST PRIVILEGE EVER CONFERRED BY PROVIDENCE UPON THE AMERICAN BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY GOD’S CREATIVE PLAN APPROACH OF FINAL ERUPTION GRATITUDE TO PIONEERS MY PLEA, MY SUPREME ENTREATY PENETRATION OF LATIN AMERICA PROVE THEMSELVES ... WORTHY OF THAT PRICELESS HERITAGE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF WORLD MISSION FULFIL THE REQUIREMENTS THE MOST FATEFUL HOUR IMPERILLED HUMANITY IN GALAXY OF BAHÁ’Í IMMORTALS MANDATE CONFERRED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ THE SPIRITUAL POTENCIES OF THAT CONSECRATED SPOT THE SEAL OF COMPLETE TRIUMPH DUAL, VITALLY URGENT OBLIGATION BELOVED HANDMAID THEIR GOD-GIVEN TASK BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY SECTION OF ORNAMENTATION CONTINUOUS CONSECRATION EMERGENCE OF SPIRITUAL WORLD ORDER SUPREMELY CHALLENGING HOUR CHAOS AND REDEMPTION TORCHBEARER OF WORLD CIVILIZATION THIS VETERAN WARRIOR THE ANGER OF GOD AND HIS CORRECTION FATE-LADEN WORLD ORDEAL