Now, in order to comply with growing needs, an earnest endeavor is being made to maintain the regular publication of a central organ of news and propaganda, Le Messager Bahá’í, which seeks also to emphasize, in the light of the Bahá’í teachings, some of the great thoughts and striking utterances delivered here, from time to time, by prominent people. And in this connection it is encouraging to know that, to the Bahá’í principles and ideals, men, whose names hold honored place in Switzerland and in the intellectual world generally, are giving open assent and sympathy—hilltops kindling with the glory of the Sunrise!

The Bureau serves, too, as a meeting-place for Bahá’ís arriving from all parts of the world. Visitors during the spring and summer have included friends and inquirers from France, Germany, America, Russia, Austria, India, Egypt and Palestine. And the Center has provided yet another example of that spirit of unity, the shining secret of the growth of our Movement, for members have traveled here from several parts of Europe, England and America to manifest their interest and practical sympathy.

One of the most gracious proofs ofthe operation of the Holy Spirit has been the attraction to the Bahá’í Cause of the owner of a well-known bookshop, dealing with all kinds of progressive thought literature. This gifted woman caused a beautifully illuminated scroll to be displayed in the window of her store, embodying, in three languages, the Bahá’í Principles.

“What is this Bahá’í Revelation?” asked a casual passer-by gazing in at the window. “Sure, I don't know,” was the equally casual reply of his companion, “but it seems to be a very sensible affair.” Just so: for the Divine common-sense of the Great Plan cannot fail to make its appeal to the merest passer-by, so that even “he who runs may read.”

Let it be our earnest prayer that in this important world-center the Divine Oriflamme may glow with ever-increasing radiance.

An hour’s automobile ride from Geneva brings one to that pleasant center of sport and education, of youth and flowers, which falls down the hillside to the lake like a mighty laburnum, Lausanne-Ouchy. Here the Bahá’í Cause has been known and devotedly sustained for several years by Madame Beck. At present, through the kindness of an American believer, Bahá’í weekly meetings are being held in the salon of a small hotel in the town, and at these meetings a blind Egyptian radiates the spirit of love by his sweet chantings and interesting talks. And when the Bahá’ís here join with friends all over the world in commemoration of the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the gathering will be held in the home of a Swiss woman who has only known the Bahá’í Cause for a few weeks. With her it was a case of instantaneous attraction. Seeing, for the first time, a photo of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, she caught it up in her hands crying: "Oh! c’est le visage du Bon Dieu!" and shed tears.

All round the lake Bahá’ís have been visiting; wafting, we trust, spiritual pollen on the breezes of Divine Assurance, and thereby fertilizing, maybe, many a wayside flower. “For the harvest of every seed is limited, but the bounty and blessing of the Divine Teachings are unlimited.”

To Thonon, that ancient citadel perched high on the French coté, a pilgrimage was made by friends from Geneva; the hotel at which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stayed with His followers standing out on the brow of the hill.

Evian, close by, in the season a glittering little spa, was the holiday resort of that fine soldier and friend of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Lord Allenby.