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Fourth conference will be convened by National Spiritual Assembly subcontinent India in New Delhi, autumn, representative of National Assemblies of Persia, Indian subcontinent,`Iraq, Australasia, United States, Canada, Central and South America, to which Baha'is residing in every sovereign state and dependency in Asia, North, Central, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania will be invited attend, in order deliberate measures calculated open Faith remaining Asiatic states and dependencies, particularly South East Asia and islands of South Pacific and Indian Oceans. (18:1) Address plea particularly to convenors above mentioned conferences to arise within short time at their disposal, prayerfully consider, carefully plan, energetically prosecute, respective sacred delegated tasks, take immediate preliminary steps issue invitations, fix procedure, provide smooth working, accord wide publicity, insure resounding success, epoch-making conferences immortalizing Centenary of memorable Year, anticipated by St. John the Divine, foreshadowed by Shaykh Ahmad, eulogized by the Bab, extolled by both Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha and constituting prelude to Most Great jubilee, which will alike commemorate Centenary formal assumption by Author of Baha'i Revelation of His Prophetic Office, and mark, God willing, worldwide establishment Faith forecast by Center of Covenant in His Tablets prophesied by Daniel in his book, thus paving way for advent of Golden Age destined witness world recognition, universal proclamation, ultimate triumph of the Cause of Baha'u'llah. (18:2) The Guardian Announces Appointment of Hands of the Cause- Recall feelings of profound thankfulness and joy at chain of recent historic events heralding long anticipated rise and establishment of the World Administrative Center of the Faith of Baha'u'llah in Holy Land regarded as third most momentous epoch-making development since inception of the Formative Age on morrow of `Abdu'l-Baha's Ascension.
(18:3)
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