es of her mind and heart upon this vast and
vital undertaking. I have urged her to direct her energies to this lofty
purpose, and by the aid of her most valuable letters arouse both the East
and the West to a fresh consciousness of the significance and urgency of
the object you have set yourselves to achieve.

Regarding the series of World Unity meetings which some of the thoughtful,
capable and devoted servants of the Cause have carefully organized and
successfully conducted, and to which you have referred in your letter of
March 8th, I wish to express my keen appreciation of such a splendid
conception, my deep gratitude for the efforts they have exerted, and my
gratification in view of the success they have achieved.

Guiding Principles of Baha'i Administration

The administrative machinery of the Cause having now sufficiently evolved,
its aim and object fairly well grasped and understood, and its method and
working made more familiar to every believer, I feel the time is ripe when
it should be fully and consciously utilized to further the purpose for
which it has been created. It should, I strongly feel, be made to serve a
twofold purpose. On one hand, it should aim at a steady and gradual
expansion of the Movement along lines that are at once broad, sound and
universal; and on the other it should insure the internal consolidation of
the work already achieved. It should both provide the impulse whereby the
dynamic forces latent in the Faith can unfold, crystallize, and shape the
lives and conduct of men, and serve as a medium for the interchange of
thought and the coordination of activities among the divers elements that
constitute the Baha'i community.

Whether it be by an open and bold assertion of the fundamental verities of
the Cause, or the adoption of a less direct and more cautious method of
teaching; whether by the dissemination of our literature or the example of
our conduct, our one aim and sole object should be to help in the eventual
recognition by all mankind of the indispensability, the uniqueness and the
supreme station of the Baha'i Revelation. Whatever method he adopts, and
however indirect the course he chooses to pursue, every true believer
should regard such a recognition as the supreme goal of his endeavor.
Whilst consciously laboring towards the attainment of this end, he should,
by supporting every branch of the administrative activities of his
national and local assembly, seek and ob