steady multiplication of their administrative
institutions, through a systematic consolidation of the structure of the
edifice they are raising within the borders of their native land, their
respective communities, which must be regarded as the base for the future
operations that will be conducted by the members of these communities,
under the guidance of their elected representatives, for the spiritual
conquest and the ultimate redemption of the nations, tribes and races
owing allegiance to the British Crown.

With every forward step taken by this stalwart community in the path of
service to the Cause of Baha'u'llah, with every signal victory achieved
for the promulgation of His Faith, a new revelation of the glorious
Mission which this community is privileged to undertake is unfolded before
the eyes of its members and a wider vista of the future range of its
operations, both at home and overseas, opens before it. With every
complication that arises in the course of its unfolding Mission, with even
every seeming reverse it meets with, as its destiny unfolds, a clearer
understanding of the character of its stewardship to the Faith of
Baha'u'llah is vouchsafed to its members, a greater measure of His
sustaining grace is poured forth from on high, a more compelling evidence
of His all-conquering power is evinced, and a more majestic assertion of
His mysterious purpose is demonstrated.

The potent seeds a loving and vigilant Master sowed with His Own hands, in
the course of a twice repeated visit to the homeland of this community,
are now, after having lain dormant for almost a quarter of a century, at
long last, sprouting throughout the length and breadth of the British
Isles, and are even revealing the potency of their regenerative power,
through the instrumentality of those valiant pioneers, who, faithful to
His Call and dedicated to His service, are leaving the shores of those
islands to settle in the territories of a far-away and backward continent.
Amidst their arduous labours, in their contact with the heterogeneous
tribes and races dwelling in that continent, in their dealings with the
civil authorities of divers countries and states within whose jurisdiction
they will labour, in their struggle with an inhospitable climate, in the
hazards to which they will be inevitably exposed, in the adventures they
may experience, in the reverses they may temporarily suffer, in the
opposition they will meet with, in the tests