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Citadel of Faith
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Pages 41-42
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HEART-WARMING PROGRESS IN EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE
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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 Bahá'u'lláh 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 order. On the northern portion
of that same hemisphere the stage is already set for the impending
emergence of an institution which, however circumscribed its basis,
must ultimately, directly participate in the measures preliminary to the
constitution of the Universal House of Justice.
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A community now in the process of marshalling and directing, in
such vast territories, in such outlying regions, amidst such a diversity of
peoples, at so precarious a stage in the fortunes of mankind, forces of
such incalculable potency, to serve purposes so meritorious and lofty,
cannot afford to falter for a moment or retrace its steps on the path it
now travels. Its commitments, so vast, so challenging, so rich in their
potentialities, in the North American continent, must, whatever betide
it, be carried out, in their entirety and without the slightest reservation
or hesitation. The pledge to multiply the local administrative institutions,
throughout the length and breadth of this continent must be
honored, and the placing of the contract for the interior ornamentation
of the holiest House of Worship ever to be erected to the glory of
Bahá'u'lláh expedited. Above all a prodigious effort, nationwide, sustained
and wholly unprecedented in the annals of a richly endowed
and spiritually blessed community, aiming at the immediate increase of
the financial resources required for the effective prosecution of its
manifold and pressing tasks, is required.
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