ngly playing their part in the enactment of the opening scene of
the First Act of that superb Drama whose theme is no less than the
spiritual conquest of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Their
immediate task, under the Seven Year Plan, the object of which is the
establishment of a minimum of one Baha'i center in each of the Republics
of Middle and South America, has now been gloriously ushered in through
the settlement of one pioneer in most of the Central American Republics,
and bids fair to be recognized by posterity as the original impulse
imparted to an enterprise that will go round the world. That impulse must,
as time goes by, communicate itself to the farthest extremities of Latin
America, and must be reinforced in every manner, by as many of the
American believers as possible. The broader the basis of this campaign,
the deeper its roots, the finer the flower into which it shall eventually
blossom. That its call may be heeded, that its implications may be
recognized and its potentialities progressively unfold, is my earnest
prayer, and the supreme longing of my heart.

July 28, 1939

IMPERILLED HUMANITY

Shades of night descending on imperilled humanity are inexorably
deepening. American believers, heirs of Baha'u'llah's covenant,
prosecutors of 'Abdu'l-Baha's Plan, are confronted by supreme opportunity
to vindicate indestructibility of their faith, inflexibility their
resolution, their incorruptibility, sanctity for appointed task.
Anxiously, passionately entreat them, whatever obstacles the march of
tragic events may create, however distressing barriers predicted
calamities raise between them and sister communities and possibly Faith's
World Center, to unwaveringly hold aloft torch whose infant light heralds
the birth of the effulgent World Order destined to supplant disrupting
civilization.

Cablegram August 30, 1939

IN GALAXY OF BAHA'I IMMORTALS

Martha's unnumbered admirers throughout Baha'i world lament with me the
earthly extinction of her heroic life. Concourse on high acclaim her
elevation to rightful position in galaxy of Baha'i immortals. Posterity
will establish her as foremost Hand which 'Abdu'l-Baha's will has raised
up in first Baha'i century. Present generation of her fellow-believers
recognize her to be the first, finest fruit which the Formative Age of the
Faith of Baha'u'llah has as yet produced. Advise hold befitting memorial
gathering in Temple to honor on