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Appeal to prospective pioneers whilst the opening year of the Ten Year Crusade is speeding to its close, to expedite entry into unopened areas contributing thereby to the enhancement of the celebrations of the coming Ridvan rendered memorable by the swift, magnificent victories achieved in the pioneering field, unsurpassed in the course of the eleven decades of Baha'i history. (58:1) Institution of Hands of the Cause- To all the Hands of the Cause and all National Assemblies of the Baha'i World: (58:2) Hail emergence of the unfoldment in the opening years of the second epoch of the formative age of the Baha'i Dispensation of the august Institution foreshadowed by the Founder of the Faith and formally established in the Testament of the Center of His Covenant, closely associated in provisions of the same Will with Institution of the Guardianship, destined to assume in the fullness of time, under the aegis of the Guardian, the dual sacred responsibility for protection and propagation of the Cause of Baha'u'llah. (58:3) Desire to pay warm tribute to the services rendered severally and collectively by appointed Hands at the World Center of the Faith and in territories beyond its confines. (58:4) Greatly value their support in the erection of the Bab's Sepulcher on Mt. Carmel; in reinforcing ties with the newly emerged State of Israel; in the extension of the International Endowments in the Holy Land; in the initiation of the preliminary measures for the establishment of the Baha'i World Administrative Center, as well as in their participation in four successive intercontinental Teaching Conferences; in their extensive travels in African territories, in North, Central and South America, in the European, Asiatic and Australian Continents. (58:5) This newly constituted body, embarked on its mission with such auspicious circumstances, is now entering the second phase of its evolution signalized by forging of ties with the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Baha'i world for the purpose of lending them assistance in attaining the objectives of the Ten Year Plan. (58:6) The hour is ripe for the fifteen Hands residing outside the Holy Land to proceed during Ridvan with the appointment, in each continent separately, from among the resident Baha'is of that Continent, of Auxiliary Boards, whose members, acting as deputies, assistants and advisers of the Hands, must increasingly lend their assistance for the promotion of the interests of the Ten Year Crusade.
(58:7)
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