April 24. On this date in 1940, Shoghi Effendi cabled American Baháʼís "Urgently plead fervently pray all ranks valiant forerunners Bahá'u'lláh's commonwealth may ere expiry allotted term bring fruition mission ensure ascendancy Bahá'u'lláh's spiritual sovereignty over entire western hemisphere."

April 24. On this date in 1940, Shoghi Effendi cabled American Baháʼís "Urgently plead fervently pray all ranks valiant forerunners Bahá'u'lláh's commonwealth may ere expiry allotted term bring fruition mission ensure ascendancy Bahá'u'lláh's spiritual sovereignty over entire western hemisphere."

Bahá'u'lláh's Spiritual Sovereignty
Message to 1940 Convention
24 APRIL 1940
OVERJOYED ELATED DYNAMIC ENERGY INVINCIBLE VALOR AMERICAN BELIEVERS IMPELLED THEM FAR OUTSTRIP GOAL FIXED THIRD YEAR SEVEN YEAR PLAN. TEMPLE ORNAMENTATION UNINTERRUPTEDLY PURSUED. THEATER OPERATION TEACHING CAMPAIGN ALREADY EMBRACING ENTIRE CENTRAL AMERICA AND EVERY SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC EXCEPTING PARAGUAY COLOMBIA. NUMBER COUNTRIES WITHIN ORBIT FAITH NOW EXCEEDING SIXTY. INTERCONTINENTAL CRUSADE, THROUGH PATH BROKEN MARTHA ROOT AND SEAL SET MAY MAXWELL'S DEATH YIELDING DESTINED FRUIT, GALVANIZED PERMANENTLY SAFEGUARDED. TOGETHER WITH KEITH THEY FORGED THROUGH SACRIFICE TRIPLE CORD INDISSOLUBLY KNITTING COMMUNITY NORTH AMERICAN BELIEVERS TO CRADLE FAITH, EVERY CONTINENT OLD WORLD AND LATIN AMERICA. UNPERTURBED GATHERING GLOOM TOTTERING CIVILIZATION WITHOUT CONTEMPTUOUS ASSAULT PERFIDIOUS ENEMIES WITHIN EXECUTORS ABDU'L-BAHA'S MANDATE MUST WILL STRAIN EVERY NERVE COURSE ENSUING YEAR MULTIPLY NUMBER ENROLLED PIONEERS CONSOLIDATE WORK ACHIEVED NEWLY OPENED NORTH AMERICAN STATES PROVINCES ENSURE PROMPT SETTLEMENT REMAINING REPUBLICS PROSECUTE UNREMITTINGLY ORNAMENTATION LAST UNIT MASHRIQU'L-ADHKAR EXPEDITE FORMATION IN ISOLATED CENTERS NUCLEI CAPABLE ESTABLISHMENT LOCAL ASSEMBLIES. URGENTLY PLEAD FERVENTLY PRAY ALL RANKS VALIANT FORERUNNERS BAHA'U'LLAH'S COMMONWEALTH MAY ERE EXPIRY ALLOTTED TERM BRING FRUITION MISSION ENSURE ASCENDANCY BAHA'U'LLAH'S SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY OVER ENTIRE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.