I am deeply conscious of the many obstacles that stand in the path of
the American believers in their stupendous endeavor to attain their goal--a
goal on which our dearly beloved Greatest Holy Leaf had set her fondest
hopes. I cannot, however, overlook, much as I sympathize with them in
their financial tribulations and anxieties, the mysterious power that resides
in the united will and concerted action of all the members of that
self-sacrificing community--a community which, since the passing of
`Abdu'l-Bahá, has put an impetus to the advancement of the Cause out of all
proportion to its numerical strength, its youthfulness, and experience of the
powers latent in this sacred Faith. What an untold wealth of blessings will
flow out of a renewed, an irrevocable resolution, representing the combined
will of all
the steadfast lovers of the Cause of God in that land, to carry out in its
entirety during the few remaining months a Plan on which so much that is
vital to its world-wide interests depends! The American believers, the
stout-hearted supporters of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, have already given too
many evidences of their preponderating influence in the direction of its
affairs to allow the slightest disappointment to mar the radiance of their past
achievements. Their will to succeed must eventually triumph.
October 27, 1932