r Plan, designed to lend a tremendous impetus to the awakening
of the peoples and races in those regions, should be prosecuted with the
utmost diligence, unrelaxing vigilance and whole-hearted consecration. All
must participate, young and old alike, both men and women, however limited
their circumstances or circumscribed their resources.

An effort, unprecedented in its scope and intensity, must be exerted to
attain, speedily and completely the specific objectives of this Plan. The
number of the avowed supporters of the Faith must rapidly increase. The
isolated centers, groups and local assemblies, constituting the bedrock of
a rising Administrative Order, must steadily and continually multiply. All
firmly grounded local spiritual assemblies must be speedily incorporated,
in order to reinforce the foundations of the institution of this divinely
conceived Order. The Baha'i marriage certificate, as well as the Baha'i
Holy Days must, at the earliest possible opportunity, receive recognition
from the civil authorities concerned. The work now being initiated in the
Northern and smaller islands of Japan, with such zeal and devotion should
be constantly reinforced and its scope continually widened. The literature
of the Faith must be translated into as many languages as possible,
published and widely disseminated. The holding of the summer-schools is
yet another objective that should receive the earnest and immediate
attention of the members of your assembly. The purchase of Baha'i
burial-grounds, should, moreover, be, in due course considered and
effectively carried out. The newly-opened territories, that have been so
painstakingly brought within the pale of the Faith, must at whatever cost,
be safeguarded, and the enterprises initiated within their confines
carefully expanded and consolidated. The acquisition of a plot, in the
outskirts of Tokyo, to serve as the site of the first
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar of North East Asia, must, likewise, be seriously
considered and brought to a successful conclusion.

The task challenging the spirit and resources of your assembly, as well as
those whom you represent, is admittedly arduous, pressing and sacred. The
field in which you operate is exceptionally vast, and the barriers
standing in your way are varied and formidable. Nothing short of complete
dedication to the objectives of the Six-Year Plan you are called upon to
fulfill, and of the utmost self-sacrifice on your part, as well as on