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There is no time to lose. The task, though prodigious, is not beyond the capacity of those, who, in so short a time, in such distant fields, over so wide an area, and in the midst of a people so alien in temperament, language and custom, have won such conspicuous victories for their beloved Faith, and laid so enduring a foundation for its nascent institutions. (107:2) This gallant community is now summoned to undertake, further afield and in circumstances admittedly more adverse and challenging, a task infinitely more meritorious, and considerably richer in its potentialities. To fail, at this critical juncture to rise to the height of the occasion, would jeopardize the colossal work so painstakingly achieved in the course of many long years, and irretrievably shatter the hopes for the early opening of the third and most shining phase of the Divine Plan, - a stage whose completion must mark the closing of the initial Epoch in the Plan's progressive unfoldment. (107:3) May this community, faithful to its pledge and obedient to 'Abdu'l-Baha's mandate, arise as one man and carry out, in its entirety and within the stipulated time, the task on which it has so spontaneously embarked.
(107:4)
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