ments of the Cause of God! Now is the time to set
aside, nay, to forget altogether, minor considerations regarding our
internal relationships, and to present a solid united front to the world
animated by no other desire but to serve and propagate His Cause.

It is my firm conviction which I now express with all sincerity and
candour, that the dignity and unity of the Cause urgently
demands--particularly throughout the American continent--that the friends
should in their words and conduct emphasise and give absolute prominence
to the constructive dynamic principles of Baha'u'llah, rather than attach
undue importance to His negative Teachings. With hearts cleansed from the
least trace of suspicion and filled with hope and faith in what the spirit
of love can achieve, we must one and all endeavour at this moment to
forget past impressions, and with absolute goodwill and genuine
co-operation unite in deepening and diffusing the spirit of love and
service that the Cause has thus far so remarkably shown to the world. To
this attitude of goodwill, of forebearance and genuine kindness to all,
must be added, however, constant but unprovocative vigilance, lest
unrestricted association with the peoples of the world should enable the
very few who have been definitely pronounced by the Master as injurious to
the body of the Cause, to make a breach in the Movement. Not until,
however, an unmistakable evidence should appear, manifestly revealing the
evil motives of a certain individual or groups of individuals, is it
advisable to make the matter public; for an untimely declaration that
shall give rise to open differences among the friends is far more
detrimental than forbearing still further with those who are suspected of
evil intentions. As the Master so fully and consistently did throughout
His lifetime, we must all make a supreme effort to pour out a genuine
spirit of kindness and hopeful love to peoples of various creeds and
classes, and must abstain from all provocative language that may impede
the effect of what true and continued kindness can produce.

Does not 'Abdu'l-Baha wish us, as He looks down upon us with loving
expectation from His glorious Station, to obliterate as much as possible
all traces of censure, of conflicting discussions, of cooling remarks, of
petty unnecessary observations that impede the onward march of the Cause,
that damp the zeal of the firm believer and detract from the sublimity of
the Baha'i Cause i