d make efforts to overcome this affliction, which is corruptive for him
and bad for the Cause. If after a period of probation you do not see an
improvement, he should have his voting rights taken away. The Guardian
does not think, however, that a Baha'i body should take it upon itself to
denounce him to the Authorities unless his conduct borders on insanity.

The Guardian attaches the greatest importance, during this opening year of
the Ten Year Campaign, to settling the virgin areas with pioneers. He has
informed, or is informing, the other National Assemblies that there is no
reason why believers from one country should not fill the goals in other
countries. In other words, Canada should receive foreign pioneers for her
goals, who would operate under her jurisdiction; likewise, Canadians could
go forth and pioneer in other countries' goal territories if the way
opened for them to do so. Naturally, they must feel their first
responsibility should be toward the Canadian part of the Plan, as they are
Canadians, but sometimes health, business openings or family connections
might take people into other goal countries.

He realizes that the objectives in the far north are perhaps the hardest.
On the other hand, the harder the task, the more glorious the victory.

You may be sure that he is praying for your success, and, what is more, he
is confident that this young, virile Canadian Community can and will
succeed in carrying out its share of the World Spiritual Crusade, so vast
and challenging, upon which we are now launched.

With warmest Baha'i love,
R. RABBANI.

INITIAL STAGE OF GLORIOUS MISSION

Dear and Valued Co-workers:

The brilliant success achieved by the Canadian Baha'i Community, marking
the triumphant conclusion of the Plan formulated on the morrow of the
emergence of the community as an independent member of the International
Baha'i Family, is to be regarded as a milestone of far-reaching importance
in the evolution of the Faith not only in the Dominion of Canada but
throughout the entire Western Hemisphere. The vitality displayed so
strikingly by this youthful community, the exemplary fidelity demonstrated
by its members to the spiritual as well as administrative principles of
the Faith in the conduct of their manifold activities; the splendid
cooperation with their national and local elected representatives which
they have invariably shown, at every stage in the development of the Plan;
the sacrifi