lan has
been felt and its initial victories in foreign fields registered.

The assemblies of the North American continent, constituting the base for
the gigantic operations destined to warm and illuminate, under American
Baha'i auspices, the five continents of the globe, must, at no time and
under no circumstances, be allowed to diminish in number or decline in
strength and in influence. The movement of pioneers, whether settlers or
itinerant teachers, which in fields so distant from this base, has
exhibited so marvelous a vitality, must, within the limits of the homeland
itself, be neither interrupted nor suffer a decline. The groups and
isolated centers so painstakingly formed and established must, conjointly
with this highly commendable and essential duty, be maintained, fostered
and if possible multiplied.

No less attention, while this emergency period taxes, to an unprecedented
degree, the combined resources of the envied trustees of 'Abdu'l-Baha's
Divine Plan, should be directed to the vast network of Baha'i enterprises
initiated throughout Latin America, where the work so nobly conceived, so
diligently prosecuted, so conspicuously blessed, is rapidly nearing the
first stage of its fruition. The flow of pioneers, so vital in all its
aspects, and which has yielded such inestimable benefits at the early
stages of this widely ramified enterprise, must, however urgent the other
tasks already shouldered by an overburdened yet unfailingly protected
community, be neither arrested nor slacken. The outpost of the newly born
communities, established in the Straits of Magallanes in the South, must
be held with undiminished vigor and determination. The major task of
ensuring the breadth and solidity of the foundations laid for the
establishment of two national Baha'i assemblies, through the preservation
of the present assemblies, groups and isolated centers, and the
restoration of any of these vital centers, now dissolved, to their former
status, must be scrupulously watched and constantly encouraged. The
process of the dissemination of Baha'i literature, of Baha'i publication
and translation, must continue unabated, however much the sacrifice
involved. The newly fledged institutions of teaching and regional
committees, of summer schools and of congresses, must be continually
encouraged and increasingly supported by teachers as well as
administrators, by pioneers from abroad, as well as by the native
believers themselves. T