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affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind is the fellowship and
equality of the white and colored races." "You must attach great
importance," writes 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, "to
the Indians, the original inhabitants of America. For these souls may be
likened unto the ancient inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, who, prior
to the Revelation of Muhammad, were like savages. When the Muhammadan
Light shone forth in their midst, they became so enkindled that they shed
illumination upon the world. Likewise, should these Indians be educated
and properly guided, there can be no doubt that through the Divine
teachings they will become so enlightened that the whole earth will be
illumined." "If it is possible," 'Abdu'l-Baha has also written, "send ye
teachers to other portions of Canada; likewise, dispatch ye teachers to
Greenland and the home of the Eskimos." "God willing," He further has
written in those same Tablets, "the call of the Kingdom may reach the ears
of the Eskimos.... Should you display an effort, so that the fragrances of
God may be diffused among the Eskimos, its effect will be very great and
far-reaching." "Praise be to God," writes 'Abdu'l-Baha, "that whatsoever
hath been announced in the Blessed Tablets unto the Israelites, and the
things explicitly written in the letters of 'Abdu'l-Baha, are all being
fulfilled. Some have come to pass; others will be revealed in the future.
The Ancient Beauty hath in His sacred Tablets explicitly written that the
day of their abasement is over. His bounty will overshadow them, and this
race will day by day progress, and be delivered from its age-long
obscurity and degradation."

Let those who are holding administrative positions in their capacity as
members of either the National Spiritual Assembly, or of the national, the
regional, or local teaching committees, continually bear in mind the vital
and urgent necessity of insuring, within as short a time as possible, the
formation, in the few remaining states of the North American Republic and
the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, of groups, however small and
rudimentary, and of providing every facility within their power to enable
these newly formed nuclei to evolve, swiftly and along sound lines, into
properly functioning, self-sufficient, and recognized Assemblies. To the
laying of such foundations, the erection of such outposts--a work
admittedly arduous, yet sorely needed and highly inspiri