Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bahá'í's of North America 1932–1946

by Effendi Shoghi

ADDITION TO ENDOWMENTS

Since the transmission of my recent message conveying news of the magnificent progress achieved by Bahá’í communities, a substantial addition to the endowments dedicated to the Shrines raises the holdings in the Jordan Valley to over five hundred acres. The extension of teaching enterprises East and West, the multiplication of Bahá’í endowments, national and international, the consolidation of administrative institutions, above all the superb evidences of incorruptible loyalty to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His Will, equally proclaim the unyielding determination of the world community to seal with triumph the first Bahá’í Century.

January 16, 1944

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PARTICIPATION OF LATIN AMERICAN BELIEVERS

The participation of Latin American believers in the Bahá’í Centennial Convention is vital to the future development of the Faith in the Americas. I urge individuals as well as the National Assembly to extend assistance, financial and otherwise, to enable as many representatives as possible to join the North American believers in the proceedings of a gathering of such momentous importance and historic significance in the evolution of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh in the western hemisphere.

January 29, 1944

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