April 19. On this date in 1953, Shoghi Effendi cabled"Canada's Part in the Ten Year World Spiritual Crusade", outlining eight tasks for Canadian Bahá'ís.

 

April 19. On this date in 1953, Shoghi Effendi cabled"Canada's Part in the Ten Year World Spiritual Crusade", outlining eight tasks for Canadian Bahá'ís.

Canada's Part in the Ten Year World Spiritual Crusade

19 April 1953

To the Canadian Convention

OVERJOYED GRATEFUL TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION FIVE YEAR PLAN MOST MOMENTOUS ENTERPRISE LAUNCHED CANADIAN BAHÁ'Í HISTORY INITIATED MORROW EMERGENCE INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE CANADIAN BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY CULMINATING CENTENARY BIRTH BAHÁ'U'LLÁH'S MISSION CONSTITUTING PRELUDE MIGHTIER UNDERTAKING DESIGNED CONSOLIDATE MAGNIFICENT VICTORIES ACHIEVED HOMEFRONT INAUGURATE COMMUNITY'S HISTORIC MISSION BEYOND CONFINES DOMINION. TEN YEAR PLAN ITS VALIANT MEMBERS NOW EMBARKING UPON ENABLING THEM PUSH OUTPOSTS FAITH NORTHERNMOST TERRITORIES WESTERN HEMISPHERE ASSOCIATING THEM MEMBERS SEVEN OTHER SISTER COMMUNITIES RAISING ALOFT BANNER FAITH PACIFIC ISLANDS INVOLVES FIRSTOPENING FOLLOWING VIRGIN TERRITORIES ELEVEN NORTH AMERICA ANTICOSTI ISLAND BARANOF ISLAND CAPE BRETON ISLAND FRANKLIN GRAND MANAN ISLAND KEEWATIN LABRADOR MAGDALEN ISLANDS MIQUELON ISLAND AND ST. PIERRE ISLAND QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS YUKON TWO ASIA MARQUESAS ISLANDS SAMOA ISLANDS SECOND CONSOLIDATION FAITH ICELAND GREENLAND MACKENZIE NEWFOUNDLAND THIRDPURCHASE LAND TORONTO ANTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION FIRST MASHRIQU'L-ADHKÁR CANADA FOURTH ESTABLISHMENT NATIONAL BAHÁ'Í ENDOWMENTS FIFTH DOUBLING NUMBER LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES SIXTH RAISING NUMBER INCORPORATED SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES NINETEEN SEVENTH FORMATION ISRAEL BRANCH CANADIAN NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTHESTABLISHMENT AMERICAN ASIAN TEACHING COMMITTEES ENTRUSTED TASK STIMULATE COORDINATE TEACHING ACTIVITIES INITIATED PLAN. APPEAL MEMBERS ENTIRE COMMUNITY WORTHY ALLIES CHIEF EXECUTORS 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ'S DIVINE PLAN DEDICATE THEMSELVES IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS STEADILY UNFOLDING MISSION DISCHARGE NOBLY SACRED STRENUOUS TASKS AHEAD CONTRIBUTE MEMORABLE SHARE PROSECUTION DECADE LONG WORLD SPIRITUAL CRUSADE PAY BEFITTING TRIBUTE THROUGH FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MEMORY FOUNDER FAITH OCCASION MOST GREAT JUBILEECOMMEMORATING CENTENARY DECLARATION HIS MISSION CITY BAGHDÁD.

SHOGHI

The venue of the Most Great Jubilee (the First Bahá'í World Congress held in 1963) was changed from Baghdad to London.