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Citadel of Faith
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Pages 87-88
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Teaching in Africa
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Feel moved to appeal to gallant, great-hearted American Bahá'í
Community to arise on the eve of launching the far-reaching, historic
campaign by sister Community of the British Isles to lend valued
assistance to the meritorious enterprise undertaken primarily for the
illumination of the tribes of East and West Africa, envisaged in the
Tablets of the Center of the Covenant revealed in the darkest hour of
His ministry.
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I appeal particularly to its dearly beloved members belonging to the
Negro race to participate in the contemplated project marking a
significant milestone in the world-unfoldment of the Faith, supplementing
the work initiated fifty years ago on the North American
continent, forging fresh links binding the American, British and
Egyptian Communities and providing the prelude to the full-scale
operations destined to be launched at a later period of the unfoldment
of the Divine Plan aiming at the conversion of the backward, oppressed
masses of the swiftly awakening continent.
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Though such participation is outside the scope of the Second Seven
Year Plan, I feel strongly that the assumption of this added responsibility
for this distant vital field at this crucial challenging hour, when
world events are moving steadily towards a climax and the Centenary
of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh's Mission is fast approaching, will further
ennoble the record of the world-embracing tasks valiantly undertaken
by the American Bahá'í Community and constitute a worthy response
to `Abdu'l-Bahá's insistent call raised on behalf of the race He repeatedly
blessed and loved so dearly and for whose illumination He
ardently prayed and for whose future He cherished the brightest hopes.
[August 5, 1950]
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