mation of the
Brother and Mother of 'Abdu'l-Baha and reburial in the neighborhood of the
Bab's resting place; by the evacuation by these same adversaries of the
Mansion of Bahji, after forty years' occupancy; by the demise, in
distressing circumstances, of the archbreaker of the Covenant himself; by
the ignominious flight of his henchmen on the eve of the disturbances
which rocked the Holy Land in recent years; by the deaths with dramatic
swiftness of this same lieutenant, his kindred and closest associates; by
the intervention of the Israeli government in denying the competence of
the civil courts to adjudicate the case brought by the remnant of these
same Covenant-breakers and the subsequent authorization issued by the
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs to demolish the ruined
building close to the vicinity of Baha'u'llah's Tomb; finally, by the
extinction of the life of the prime mover in the diabolical plans directed
during the course of three decades against 'Abdu'l-Baha.

The implementation of this order will, at long last, cleanse the Outer
Sanctuary of the Qiblih of the Baha'i world of the pollution staining the
fair name of the Faith and pave the way for the adoption and execution of
preliminary measures designed to herald the construction in future decades
of the stately, befitting Mausoleum designed to enshrine the holiest dust
the earth ever received into its bosom.

Share announcement Hands of the Cause and all National Assemblies.

--Shoghi

[Cablegram, June 3, 1957]

Call to Hands of Cause and National Assemblies

Divinely appointed Institution of the Hands of the Cause, invested by
virtue of the authority conferred by the Testament of the Center of the
Covenant with the twin functions of protecting and propagating the Faith
of Baha'u'llah, now entering new phase in the process of the unfoldment of
its sacred mission. To its newly assured responsibility to assist National
Spiritual Assemblies of the Baha'i world in the specific purpose of
effectively prosecuting the World Spiritual Crusade, the primary
obligation to watch over and insure protection to the Baha'i world
community, in close collaboration with these same National Assemblies, is
now added.

Recent events, the triumphant consummation of a series of historic
enterprises, such as the construction of the superstructure of the Bab's
Sepulcher, the dedication of the Mother Temple of the West, the world-wide
celebrations of