Citadel of Faith
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Source: US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980 third printing
Pages: 171
   
Believers’ Generous Response to Temple Fund
Call to Fuller Participation
Consolidation in Europe
Participation in Second Seven Year Plan
NSA Must Control Credentials of Foreigners
The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour
CROWNING FEATURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER: THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
FOURFOLD OBJECTIVE TO PRESENT REQUIREMENTS
GOALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA
CANADA TO FORM SEPARATE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
TASKS IN LATIN AMERICA
TWO REGIONAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES A VITAL OBJECTIVE
IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S SUMMONS TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
SPIRITUAL CRUSADE TO BE LAUNCHED IN EUROPE
EVOLVING STRONGHOLDS IN TEN INITIAL COUNTRIES
INITIATING NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND ADAPTING TEACHING METHODS
EUROPE FEELS STIRRINGS OF SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION
DIVINE PLAN CHALLENGES NORTH AMERICAN BELIEVERS
DETACHMENT FROM THE PHYSICAL WORLD
CONTRIBUTION OF THE WEST TO WORLD ORDER
THE WORKINGS OF TWO SIMULTANEOUS PROCESSES
A PARALLEL BETWEEN THE AMERICAN BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY AND THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
THE UNITED STATES IS SIGNALLY BLEST
TRIBULATIONS ARE INEVITABLE
AMERICA TO EVOLVE UNTIL LAST TASK IS DISCHARGED
European Pioneers and Temple Contract
Evidences of Notable Expansion
Effective Prosecution of Sacred Tasks
Recognition of Preeminent Services
Critical Stage of Task on Home Front
No Sacrifice Too Great
Prevailing Crisis
Emergency Teaching Campaign
Marvelous Acceleration
Brilliant Achievements
Support the National Fund
Temple Interior Ornamentation and Arcade of the Báb’s Sepulcher
My Appeal to This God-Chosen Community
Urge Special Attention to Goals
Praying for Added Fervor
Completed Tasks Release Outpouring of Grace
Appeal to Entire Community to Persevere
Scale Nobler Heights of Heroism
The Citadel of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh
Budget Approved for 1949–1950
Preliminary Temple Contracts
Arcade for the Shrine of the Báb
Drastic Budget Reduction
Further Budget Reduction
Curtailment of Some Activities
Divert Contributions to Temple Fund
Suspend World Order Magazine
A Testing Period Recalling Ordeals of the Dawn-Breakers
Arcade of the Báb’s Shrine Begun
One Remaining Objective Hangs in the Balance
Process of Expansion Accelerates
Welcome Initial Victory
Supplicating Blessing for American Activities
Corners of Shrine Arcade Under Construction
This Hour, Crowded With Destiny
Praying For Increasing Success
Majesty of the Báb’s Shrine Unfolding
Faithless Brother Hussein
Maintain Momentum in Triple Field
Shrine Parapet Completed
Sacred Task of Present Hour
Shrine Arcade Nearing Completion
Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb
A Worthy, Five-Fold Offering
AN HOUR LADEN WITH FATE
Ruhi and Family Show Open Defiance
Non-Bahá’í Gifts
Teaching in Africa
Comforted by Messages of Devotion
Relieved by Intensified Activity
Badí’u’lláh Has Miserably Perished
Requirements for Temple Completion
Summer Schools to Reopen
Assistance to Epoch-Making Enterprise in Africa
Status of Bahá’ís Regarding Military Duty
Spiritual Conquest of the Planet
First American Pioneer to Africa
Message to 1951 State Conventions
The Last and Irretrievable Chance
A PERIOD OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
OBJECTIVES OF SECOND SEVEN YEAR PLAN LARGELY ATTAINED
SCOPE OF THIRD SEVEN YEAR PLAN WIDENED
Funds for International Center
Forty-Fifth Annual Convention: U.S. Tasks in World Crusade
Intending Pioneers Urged to Scatter
A Turning Point in American Bahá’í History
RECENT SERVICES DESERVING MENTION
ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROPAGATING THE DIVINE PLAN
A LASTING INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND NATION
MOST VITAL OBJECTIVE IN THE CRUSADE’S OPENING YEAR
AN APPEAL TO ALL ENGAGED IN THE CRUSADE
Safeguarding American Primacy
Temple Site Purchased in Panama
Assemblies Must Be Maintained
American Bahá’ís in the Time of World Peril
CHIEF EXECUTOR OF DIVINE PLAN
AMERICA PASSING THROUGH CRISIS
AMERICAN BAHÁ’ÍS STAND AT CROSSROADS
WORLD CRUSADE TASKS
CHALLENGE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í
APPEAL FOR DEDICATION
Nine-Pointed Star for Headstone
Send Appeals to President Eisenhower
A Mysterious Dispensation of Providence
Revitalize Entire Community
Greater Consecration to Pressing Tasks
Praying for Great Victories on Home Front
Inestimable Prizes Within Our Reach
AID ACCORDED TO THEIR OPPRESSED BRETHREN IN PERSIA
A NOBLE RECORD OF SERVICE
FRUITFUL EFFORTS OF HANDS OF THE CAUSE
STUPENDOUS WORK ACHIEVED BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COUNCIL
REVITALIZATION OF THE HOME FRONT
THE INDIVIDUAL BAHÁ’Í MUST ARISE
“A PRAYER WHICH I NEVER CEASE TO UTTER”
Intensification of Efforts
Dual, Inescapable, Paramount Responsibilities
Heights Never Before Attained
ENDURING ACHIEVEMENTS
THE HOME FRONT—BASE FOR EXPANSION OF FUTURE OPERATIONS
MIGHTY AND HISTORIC ENTERPRISES
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, A GLORIOUS CHALLENGE
HIS WATCHFUL POWER AND UNFAILING GRACE
IN MEMORIAM
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