The Plan now being prosecuted with such diligence, fidelity, unity and
enthusiasm by the long oppressed, greathearted, indefatigable, much
admired German Bahá’í community, despite the exhaustion following a
prolonged ordeal, is entering upon its concluding phase. This first
collective enterprise, embarked upon by a community which, by virtue of
its size, its experience, its past achievements, occupies a preeminent
position in the European continent, and is destined, in view of its
capacity, its fortitude, its resilience and tenacity of purpose, to play
an outstanding role in both contemporary and future Bahá’í history, must,
through a concerted and supreme effort on the part of its members, be
brought to a triumphant conclusion.
Its successful termination will be but a signal for a series of
enterprises, each more glorious than the one preceding it, which will
carry the fame of this community, already tested in the crucible of
afflictive trials, and richly endowed by the tender favours of its
Founder, Who blessed with His Presence its leading center, to regions far
beyond the confines of its homeland and as far as the Eastern fringes of
the Asiatic continent.
In such a glorious venture, and in the course of so vast, so momentous and
sacred an enterprise, it will, if it discharges manfully its present task,
be seconded in its noble exertions by the concerted efforts of all the
budding communities in the European continent, and will play a notable
role, in collaboration with the trustees of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Divine Plan
labouring throughout the American continents, and with its sister
communities toiling in Africa, South East Asia, and Australasia, in
achieving the spiritual conquest of the entire planet.
Much depends, however, on the manner in which it discharges the
responsibilities of the present hour. The administrative base from which
it must spread out into Eastern and Southern Europe, and beyond these
spheres into the heart of Northern Asia, as far as the China Sea, must
first be thoroughly consolidated. The valiant battalions that are to carry
the banner of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh to distant climes, amidst alien
races, and throughout the length and breadth of immense territories and in
inhospitable surroundings, must, to begin with, increase in number,
acquire added experience, and deepen in their faith and understanding. The
literature with which the bearers of God’s redeeming Message must be
equipped when launching out beyond the frontiers of their native land
must, preparatory to their arduous crusade, be multiplied and adapted to
the mentality of those diversified peoples and races inhabiting so vast a
section of the globe.
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