Bahá’í News/Inserts/Issue 233/An Enterprise Transcending Any National Boundaries/Text
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‘‘An Enterprise Transcending Any National Institution”’
Ah Tessage from the Guardian to all Behevers
Announce (to) believers, through all National Assemblies, termination initial stage (of) construction (of) domed structure designed (to) embellish (and) preserve (the) Bab’s sepulchre (on) Mount Carmel.
(The) two-year enterprise launched (on the) eve (of the) gravest turmoil rocking (the) Holy Land (in) modern times, involving (the) expenditure (of a) quarter (of a) million dollars, necessitating (the) transportation (and) placing (of) almost eight hundred tons (of) stone (and) marble mosaic, (was) consummated (on the) eve (of the) Centenary (of) His martyrdom. (My) soul (is) thrilled (in) contemplation (of the) rising edifice, (the) beauty (of) its design, (the) majesty (of its) proportions, (the) loveliness (of its) surroundings, (the) historic associations (of the) site it occupies, (the) sacredness (of the) Sanctuary it envelops, (the) transcendent holiness (of the) Treasure it enshrines.
My gratitude (is) deepened (by the) miraculous recovery (of) its gifted architect, Sutherland Maxwell, (whose) illness (was) pronounced hopeless (by) physicians. (I) acknowledge (the) valuable service rendered (by) Ugo Giachery, through (his) supervision (of the) work (of) shipment (of) consignments (to) Haifa.
(The) hour (is) ripe (to) undertake (the) preliminaries (for the) erection (of the) octagonal first unit (of the) superstructure, another milestone (in the) process set (in) motion sixty years ago (by) Baha’u’llah’s visit (to) Mount Carmel. This process which gathered momentum through (the) transportation (of) His Holiness, (the) Bab’s remains (to the) Holy Land after fifty years’ concealment, through (the) erection (of the) sanctuary (by) ‘Abdu’l-Baha (in the) darkest years (of His) Ministry, through (the) entombment (of the) remains by Him (on the) morrow (of His) forty year incarceration, through (the) commencement (of the) construction (of the) arcade (on the) fortieth anniversary (of the) interment (of the) Holy Dust, through (the) termination (of the) parapet (on the) eve (of the) Centenary (of the) Bab’s martyrdom, must be accelerated through (the) erection (of the) dome, attaining consummation through (the) emergence (of the) institutions (of the) world administrative center (of the) Faith (in the) vicinity (of) its world spiritual Center, signalizing (the) sailing (of the) Divine Ark (on) God’s Mountain, prophesied (in the) Tablet (of) Carmel.
(I) appeal (to) entire body (of) believers (to) seize (this) priceless opportunity (to)
stimulate (the) unfoldment (of) this process through generous, sustained contributions (for
the) furtherance (of an) enterprise transcending any national institution whether Hazira or
Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, reared (in the) past or (in) process (of) construction. (The) hour
(is) propitious, particularly during (the) three year interval separating (the) Centennials
(of the) Bab’s martyrdom (and the) birth (of) Baha’wll4h’s Mission, coinciding (with the)
hundredth anniversary (of the) greatest holocaust (in the) history (of the) Faith, (to) repay
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part (of the) infinite debt (of) gratitude owed its martyrs, through hasteninp (the) conclusion (of the) holiest enterprise since (the) dawn (of the) Revelation, interwoven (with the)
ministries (of) Baha?wllah, (and) ‘Abdu’l-Baha, linking (the) Heroic (and) Formative Ages
(of the) Baha?i Dispensation, cementing (the) ties binding (the) communities (of the) East
(and) West (with the) World Center (of the) Faith (and) shedding imperishable lustre
(on the) first (and) second centuries (of the) Baha’i Era, which posterity will hail (as the)
most befitting tribute (to the) One Who made (the) most precious sacrifice (for the) sake
(of the) most sublime Faith (in) mankind’s spiritual history.
(signed) SHoGHI
Flaifa, Israel
July 7, 1950
The following cable was sent to the Guardian on July 8 in acknowledgment of his message: “National Assembly inspired, thrilled (by) your announcement and description (of)
historic completion first stage construction (of) Holy Shrine (of the) Bab. Overjoyed, grateful (for) opportunity (given) all believers (to) contribute to further work on Bab’s Shrine. Sharing your cable all National Assemblies as you instructed. Setting up Fund for Bab’s Shrine with initial contribution (of) one thousand dollars from National Fund. Devoted love.”
The friends are informed that contributions which they wish to make for the Shrine of the Bab should be sent to the National Baha’ Fund and earmarked for the Shrine of the Bab.
NaTIONAL SpiIRITUAL ASSEMBLY �