Crown in no less than three
continents of the globe.

The extension and consolidation, in the course of more than a decade, of
the administrative base established so painstakingly for the prosecution
of this community's far-flung mission, through the formation and
multiplication of isolated centres, groups and local assemblies throughout
the length and breadth of England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and
Eire; the opening of the virgin islands lying in the neighbourhood of
these territories and forming a part of the British Isles, constituting a
most welcome and much needed reinforcement of the Administrative Structure
raised so valiantly and patiently by its members in their island home; the
magnificent success surpassing, in its quality and scope, the fondest
expectations of the elected representatives of this community, which
attended the spiritual conquest of a number of African territories,
situated along the Western and Eastern shores of that continent and its
very heart; the settlement of pioneers in two Mediterranean islands; the
selection and purchase of a befitting national administrative headquarters
situated close to the heart of the capital city of the British Empire; the
acquisition of a plot in the outskirts of the capital city of Uganda,
situated in the heart of the African continent, to serve as the site for a
future Baha'i House of Worship; the rapid advancement in the translation
and publication of Baha'i literature in the thirty-one African languages,
allotted, under the Ten Year Plan to the elected national representatives
of this same community; the steady progress made more recently in the
incorporation of firmly established local assemblies; the formation of the
Israel Branch of the British National Assembly at the world centre of the
Faith in Israel--these stand out as the most prominent and significant
evidences of the uninterrupted development of the Faith of Baha'u'llah
under the wise leadership, and through the assiduous and incessant
exertions, of the elected national representatives of this virile
community.

The year that has recently opened, constituting the second and last year
of the second phase of a Ten-Year global crusade, must witness a
development and consolidation of the activities already initiated, in both
the teaching and administrative spheres of Baha'i endeavour, as swift and
as notable as the progress already achieved in recent years. Time is
indeed short. The respons