ing with immovable resolution to the inviolable
verities of their cherished Faith, our sorely-tried brethren in Caucasus
and Turkistan have none the less, as befits law-abiding Baha'i citizens
resolved, after having exhausted every legitimate means for the
alleviation of the restrictions imposed upon them, to definitely uphold
and conscientiously carry out the considered judgment of their recognized
government. They have with a hope that no earthly power can dim, and a
resignation that is truly sublime, committed the interests of their Cause
to the keeping of that vigilant, that all-powerful Divine Deliverer, who,
they feel confident, will in time lift the veil that now obscures the
vision of their rulers, and reveal the nobility of aim, the innocence of
purpose, the rectitude of conduct, and the humanitarian ideals that
characterize the as yet small yet potentially powerful Baha'i communities
in every land and under any government.

Should the present restrictions increase in number and stringency, should
a situation arise that would so endanger the position of the
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar in I_sh_qabad as to necessitate the intervention of
the Baha'i world, I will call upon the National and Local Baha'i Spiritual
Assemblies in the East and the West to arise with one accord and lend
their moral support to those of their brethren whose particular mission
and privilege is to keep watch over that consecrated ground on which
already has been erected the central Structure of Baha'u'llah's First
Universal House of Worship. I will urge them to take whatever action is
deemed advisable in order to demonstrate the solidarity of the followers
of Baha'u'llah, to dispel whatever doubts and apprehensions may yet linger
in the minds of the State officials in that land, and to restore their
suspected brethren to the esteem and confidence of their governors. I will
specially request them to proclaim in their written representations to the
authorities concerned their absolute repudiation of whatever ulterior
motive or political design may be imputed to them by their malignant
adversaries, and to reaffirm in unmistakable terms the purely humanitarian
and spiritual nature of the work in which Baha'is in every land and of
every race are unitedly engaged. I will moreover ask them to assert the
international character of the Baha'i Edifice in I_sh_qabad and to stress
the close bonds of material interest and spiritual fellowship that bind
Baha'i