ia, and Australasia, in
achieving the spiritual conquest of the entire planet.

Much depends, however, on the manner in which it discharges the
responsibilities of the present hour. The administrative base from which
it must spread out into Eastern and Southern Europe, and beyond these
spheres into the heart of Northern Asia, as far as the China Sea, must
first be thoroughly consolidated. The valiant battalions that are to carry
the banner of the Faith of Baha'u'llah to distant climes, amidst alien
races, and throughout the length and breadth of immense territories and in
inhospitable surroundings, must, to begin with, increase in number,
acquire added experience, and deepen in their faith and understanding. The
literature with which the bearers of God's redeeming Message must be
equipped when launching out beyond the frontiers of their native land
must, preparatory to their arduous crusade, be multiplied and adapted to
the mentality of those diversified peoples and races inhabiting so vast a
section of the globe.

The Baha'i Administrative headquarters now being completed in the heart
and center of this community's homeland must be speedily consolidated and
further extended. The assemblies and groups which, as a result of the
operation of the present Plan, must be brought into being, must be
safeguarded and strengthened. The spiritual life of its participating
members must, while this process of administrative consolidation is being
accelerated, be continually enriched, their vision broadened, their
understanding deepened, their unity reinforced, their enthusiasm enkindled
through the institutions of summer-schools, conventions, regional
conferences, youth rallies and study classes. The unity and solidarity of
the members of this community must be vigilantly safeguarded and
constantly reinforced. The ties binding it to its neighbouring
sister-community in Austria must be greatly strengthened, and the
administrative agencies operating in both communities must be closely
correlated and the cooperation between them continually fostered.

Then and only then, will this community be empowered to launch befittingly
its first campaign across the borders of its native land, and manifest, as
it projects itself beyond its national frontiers and diffuses over
regions, both far and near, the illuminating radiance of Baha'u'llah's
redemptive Revelation, the potencies with which its Divine Founder, the
Center of the Covenant, endow