y Book.

That the members of the American Baha'i Community--the outstanding
protagonists of the Cause of God; the stout-hearted defenders of its
integrity, its claims and its rights, the champion-builders of its
Administrative Order; the standard-bearers of its crusading hosts; the
torchbearers of its embryonic civilization; the chief succorers of the
down-trodden, the needy and the fettered among its followers--that the
members of such a community, may, whilst discharging, fully and
unflinchingly, their specific tasks in accordance with the provisions of
the Ten-Year Plan, seize the present God-sent opportunity, and hasten,
through a proper discharge of this supplementary task, the consummation of
such ardent hopes for so signal a victory, is a prayer constantly in my
heart, and a wish which I treasure above all others.

[August 20, 1955]

REVITALIZE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

Urge intensification of efforts to revitalize entire community and
expedite attainment of plans and objectives, particularly as related to
purchase of Haziras and endowments in America and Europe; translation into
remaining languages; incorporation of assemblies; multiplication of
centers and assemblies on home front; opening of Iceland, Spitzbergen,
Anticosti and remaining islands of Pacific and Atlantic. Fervently
supplicating for immediate signal victories.

[January 5, 1956]

GREATER CONSECRATION TO PRESSING TASKS

Deplore situation on home front. Praying ardently for rededication of
entire community for greater consecration to pressing tasks. Approve all
suggestions in recent letter. Urge that you redouble efforts, supplicate
for unprecedented blessings.

[February 2, 1956]

PRAYING FOR GREAT VICTORIES ON HOME FRONT

Fervently praying for great victories on the home front. Appeal to entire
community to arise, participate and insure attainment of goals.

[June 22, 1956]

INESTIMABLE PRIZES WITHIN OUR REACH

As I survey, after the lapse of a little over three years, the vast range
of historic and unforgettable achievements with which the stout-hearted,
high-minded and wholly consecrated followers of the Faith of Baha'u'llah
have, in the course of the operations of a World Spiritual Crusade,
enriched, in every continent of the globe and in so many islands of the
seven seas, the annals of the Formative Age of His Dispensation, I cannot
but acknowledge, with feelings of pride, of joy, and of gratitud