Charter
whose outline has been delineated for them by the pen of 'Abdu'l-Baha. The
Seven Year Plan, as already stated, is but the initial stage, a
stepping-stone to the unfoldment of the implications of this Charter. The
impulse, originally generated through the movement of that pen, and which
is now driving forward, with increasing momentum, the machinery of the
Seven Year Plan, must, in the opening years of the next century, be
further accelerated, and impel the American Baha'i community to launch
further stages in the unfoldment of the Divine Plan, stages that will
carry it far beyond the shores of the Northern Hemisphere, into lands and
among peoples where that community's noblest acts of heroism are to be
performed.

Let anyone inclined to doubt the course which this enviable community is
destined to follow, turn to and meditate upon these words of 'Abdu'l-Baha,
enshrined, for all time, in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and addressed
to the entire community of the believers of the United States and Canada:
"The full measure of your success," He informs them, "is as yet
unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended. Erelong, ye will, with
your own eyes, witness how brilliantly every one of you, even as a shining
star, will radiate, in the firmament of your country, the light of Divine
Guidance, and will bestow upon its people the glory of an everlasting
life.... The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed.
I fervently hope that in the near future the whole earth may be stirred
and shaken by the results of your achievements. The hope, therefore, which
'Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended
your efforts in America may crown your endeavors in other parts of the
world, that through you the fame of the Cause of God may be diffused
throughout the East and the West, and the advent of the Kingdom of the
Lord of Hosts be proclaimed in all the five continents of the globe." "The
moment," He most significantly adds, "this Divine Message is carried
forward by the American believers from the shores of America, and is
propagated throughout the continents of Europe, of Asia, of Africa, and of
Australasia, and as far as the islands of the Pacific, this community will
find itself securely established upon the throne of an everlasting
dominion. Then will all the peoples of the world witness that this
community is spiritually illumined and divinely guided. Then will the
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