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The Seven Year Plan inaugurated by the American Baha'i community under the lowering clouds of the approaching conflict victoriously completed the exterior ornamentation of the Mother Temple of the West, established the structural basis of the Faith in every State and Province of the North American continent, and hoisted its banner in every Republic of Latin America. The Indian believers' Six Year Plan, launched on the eve of hostilities, more than quadrupled the centers functioning within the pale of the Administrative Order. The edifices consecrated to the administrative affairs of an ever-advancing Cause, involving the expenditure of over a hundred thousand dollars, were erected, purchased or completed in the Capital Cities of India, 'Iraq and Egypt as well as Sydney, Australia. The acquisition of numerous properties in Baha'u'llah's native land, on Mount Carmel and in the Jordan Valley, as well as the purchase of several important historic sites associated with the Lives of both the Herald and the Author of the Faith, swelled to an unprecedented degree our Baha'i endowments. (81:1) Preliminary steps for the completion of the Bab's Sepulchre and the establishment of the World Administrative Center through the removal of the Remains of the Brother and Mother of 'Abdu'l-Baha were undertaken. The termination of the First Century of the Baha'i Era, synchronizing with the climax of the raging storm, was publicly and befittingly celebrated, despite the multiplication of restrictions. Above all, the unity and integrity of an incorruptible world community was consistently safeguarded in face of the insidious opposition of avowed enemies without and the Covenant-breakers within.
(81:2)
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