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determination until the shining goal is attained is my constant prayer, my
ardent hope, and the dearest wish of my heart.

July 20, 1946

DISTINGUISHED SERVANT

Profoundly grieve passing dearly-beloved, great-hearted, high-minded,
distinguished servant Baha'u'llah, John Bosch. His saintly life, pioneer
services, historic contribution of institution of summer school, entitle
him to rank among outstanding figures of the closing years heroic, and
opening years of the formative age of the Baha'i Dispensation. Concourse
on high extol his exalted services. Assure his wife and valiant companion
of my deepfelt sympathy. Advise hold special gathering in Temple as
tribute to his imperishable memory.

Cablegram July 29, 1946

THIS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CRUSADE

As the opening phase of the Second Seven Year Plan draws inexorably to a
close, the American Baha'i community, which has already abundantly
demonstrated its capacity to carry to a triumphant conclusion the initial
stage of the Plan conceived by 'Abdu'l-Baha, must equally--nay, even more
convincingly--prove to the entire Baha'i world, its inflexible
determination and undoubted ability to discharge befittingly whatever
responsibilities the constant evolution of the Plan may impose upon its
members under any circumstances and in whatever continent of the globe. As
the field of their historic labors steadily widens, as the implications of
their high mission become more apparent, as the complexity of their task
increases, as the agencies designed to facilitate and accelerate its
execution multiply, the members of this community must, individually as
well as collectively, redouble their efforts, evince a nobler spirit of
self-sacrifice, display greater resourcefulness, unity, initiative,
steadfastness and enterprise, rise to loftier heights of heroism and
self-abnegation, and establish, more convincingly than ever, their right
to be regarded as the worthy champions of a glorious Cause, the principal
builders of a unique Order, the chosen trustees and executors of a
divinely conceived Plan.

Theirs is the duty, at once urgent, inescapable and sacred, to scatter
more widely and as far as the extremities of both the North and South
American continents, to cross the ocean in ever-increasing numbers, and
reinforce, rapidly and systematically, the outposts of the Faith in
Western Europe, lay, on a definite and unassailable basis, the foundations
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