free
from the chronic disorders, the political disturbances, the economic
convulsions, the communal riots, the epidemics, the religious
persecutions, the privations and loss of life which, during successive
generations, have in one way or another afflicted so many peoples in
almost every part of the globe.

Singled out by the Almighty for such a unique measure of favor, suffered
to evolve, untrammelled and unperturbed, within the shell of its God-given
Administrative Order, distinguished from its sister communities through
the revelation of a Plan emanating directly from the mind and pen of its
Founder, enriched already by so many trophies, each an eloquent testimony
to its missionary zeal and valor in distant fields and amidst divers
peoples, the Community of the Most Great Name in the North American
continent must, sensible of the abounding grace vouchsafed to it by
Baha'u'llah, resolve, as it has never resolved before, to carry out,
however much it may be buffeted by future circumstances and the unforeseen
ordeals which a heedless and chaotic world may still further experience,
the mission confidently entrusted to its hands by an all-wise and loving
Master.

HEART-WARMING PROGRESS IN EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE

Already in the newly opened European field, where the first stage of its
transatlantic missionary enterprise is now unfolding, the success which
the vanguard of its army of pioneers has already achieved in several
leading capitals of that continent is truly heart-warming and evokes
intense admiration. The broad outlines of the primary institutions
heralding the erection of the administrative framework of the Faith of
Baha'u'llah in no less than ten sovereign states of Europe can already be
discerned--a powerful and signal reinforcement of the organized and
progressive efforts exerted by the British and German communities on the
northwestern limits of that continent and in its very heart. In the Latin
American field, where the structural basis of a rising Administrative
Order has already been established, through the formation of firmly
grounded assemblies in each of the republics of Central and South America,
the stage is being set for the erection of those institutions which are to
be regarded as the harbingers of the secondary Houses of Justice which, in
each of these republics, must act as pillars, and assist in sustaining the
weight, of the final unit designed to consummate the institutions of that
or