12, 1912.

4 Mrs. May Ellis Maxwell--spiritual mother of the Canadian Baha'i
community, became a believer in 1898, visited 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1899
and returned to Paris to found the first Baha'i centre on the
European continent, married Sutherland Maxwell and settled in
Montreal in 1902, achieved "the priceless honor of a martyr's death"
in Argentina in 1940. For a review of the vast range of her
contributions to the Faith in Europe and America, see "Baha'i World"
Vol. VIII, In Memoriam.

5 The Bill to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Canada was passed by both Houses of the Canadian
Parliament, and given Royal assent on April 30, 1949.

6 The Bill to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Canada was passed by both Houses of the Canadian
Parliament, and given Royal assent on April 30, 1949.

7 William Sutherland Maxwell--architect of the Shrine of the Bab,
appointed a Hand of the Cause of God in 1951, died in Montreal in
1952. His "saintly life" is described in "Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In
Memoriam.

8 The first pioneers to Newfoundland, arriving in 1949, were Miss
Margaret Reid, Miss Dorothy Sheets, and Miss Doris Skinner (who
remained there until 1955).

9 Miss Nancy Gates--American pioneer to Denmark who attempted to
pioneer to Greenland, but was unable to do so.

10 James and Mrs. Melba Loft--believers who pioneered from the United
States to the Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Indian Reserve, near Shannonville,
Ontario, 1949-.

11 Miss Nan Brandle--beginning in 1950 served several years as a pioneer
to the Indians in Department of Indian Affairs hospitals at Fisher
River, Hodgson, Manitoba and at Moose Factory and Ohsweken, Ontario.

12 Jameson Bond--first pioneer to the Canadian Arctic (District of
Keewatin 1950, District of Franklin 1951-63, with Mrs. Gale Bond
from 1953 on).

13 The Tablets of the Divine Plan, revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1916-17,
and addressed severally to the Baha'is of the United States and
Canada, constitute the authority for the successive Plans
inaugurated by the Guardian for the spread of the Faith and the
establishment of its Institutions throughout the world.

14 Louis Bourgeois--architect of the Mother Temple of the West, in
Wilmette, I