in
accordance with the provisions of the Ten-Year Plan.

By virtue of the important position they occupy in the heart of the
European continent; singled out for special favours by the Center of
Baha'u'llah's Covenant among their sister communities in that same
continent; distinguished through the appointment of two Hands of the Cause
from among their members; entrusted with the tremendous and sacred
responsibility of erecting the first Baha'i House of Worship on European
soil; displaying, on the morrow of the ordeals which have for so long and
so cruelly afflicted them, a virility, a courage, a fidelity worthy of
emulation by their sister communities not only in neighbouring lands but
throughout the Baha'i world, these twin communities, destined through
their common language, racial characteristics and traditions to play a
notable and distinct part in the world-wide progress of the Faith in both
the European and Asiatic continents, must continue to forge ahead, with
inflexible resolve, unshakable faith, undimmed vision, and unabated
vigour, along the road leading them to the fulfilment of their high
destiny.

The steady increase in the number of the adherents of the Faith in both
countries and the multiplication of isolated centres, groups and local
assemblies is a task of primary importance to which they must direct
special attention during the last year of the second phase of this
world-embracing spiritual Crusade. Equally vital in sacredness and
importance is the definite settlement of the issue that has arisen in
connexion with the purchase of the site of the future Temple in the
neighbourhood of Frankfurt, as well as the selection of its design, as
essential preliminaries to the excavation of its foundations and the
erection of its structure. Both of these require the concentrated and
sustained attention of the elected representatives of these communities,
whose task is to expedite this pre-eminent undertaking destined to exert a
far-reaching spiritual influence on the fortunes of the Faith not only in
Germany and Austria but throughout the European continent and even far
beyond its borders.

Still another obligation that must under no circumstances be lost sight of
or neglected is the incorporation of definitely established local
assemblies in these two adjoining countries, a process that will greatly
consolidate the administrative foundations of the Faith and enhance its
prestige in the European continent.