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THE FORCES MYSTERIOUSLY RELEASED The opening year of the second Seven Year Plan so auspiciously inaugurated is half spent. The entire American Baha'i Community, galvanized through fuller perception of the progressive unfoldment of its glorious destiny, is geared to a higher speed of organized activity, and uplifted to a new level of collective achievement. The forces mysteriously released, designed to direct the operation and stimulate the processes to insure the Consummation of the second stage of the Divine Plan, are inconceivably potent. Full, rapid use of these forces, by an organized community alive to the sublimity of its mission, is imperative. The manifold agencies, local, regional, national and intercontinental, directly responsible for prosecution of the Plan are now called upon to achieve, in their respective spheres, ere termination of this current year, successes so conspicuous as shall immeasurably fortify hopes of winning, within the stipulated time, a total, decisive victory. An immediate notable increase in the number of pioneers, particularly for the newly-opened transatlantic field of service, is the supreme necessity of this challenging hour. The present trickle must at all costs swell into a steady flow of consecrated settlers and itinerant teachers, who, mindful of the Master's poignant plea, careless of their limited resources, undismayed by the somber international outlook, undeterred by the formidable character of the tasks undertaken or by the obstacles to be surmounted, will, in both the administrative and teaching spheres, arise to accomplish feats outshining the exploits immortalizing the record of American Baha'i stewardship in both continents of the New World since the inception of 'Abdu'l-Baha's Divine Plan. May the months immediately ahead be productive of results exceeding my fondest expectations. (108:1) THE PIVOT ON WHICH HINGES SUCCESS I recall with profound emotion, on the morrow of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Baha's passing, the dramatic circumstances marking simultaneously the termination of the Heroic Age, and the commencement of the Formative Period, of the Faith of Baha'u'llah. (108:2) I acclaim with thankfulness, joy and pride the American Baha'i community's manifold, incomparable services rendered the Faith at home and across the seas in the course of this quarter century. (108:3) I hail with particular satisfaction the consummation of the twin major tasks spontaneously undertaken and brilliantly discharged by the same community in both the administrative and missionary fields, constituting the greatest contribution ever made to the progress of the Faith by any corporate body at any time, in any continent, since the inception of the administrative order.
(108:4)
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