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Examine
the wondrous behaviour of the Prophets, and recall the defamations and
denials uttered by the children of negation and falsehood, perchance
you may cause the bird of the human heart to wing its flight away from
the abodes of heedlessness and doubt unto the nest of faith and certainty,
and drink deep from the pure waters of ancient wisdom, and partake of
the fruit of the tree of divine knowledge. Such is the share of the pure
in heart of the bread that hath descended from the realms of eternity
and holiness.
(Bahá'u'lláh,
The Kitáb-i-Íqán, p. 5 - 6)
Centre for the Study of the Texts & International Bahá'í Library, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel. 
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The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in 1954 in Johannesburg, and the National Spiritual Assembly, administering the whole of Southern Africa, followed two years later. It assisted the formation of 14 National Spiritual Assemblies in Southern Africa and also three "homeland" regions, which are now incorporated back within South Africa.
Today the National Spiritual Assembly administers one country, South Africa, and the island of St. Helena. There are 38 Local Spiritual Assemblies.
At the conclusion of the address by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, the participants sang a Mike Sears song, which is now sung all over Africa and starts with the lyrics: "Africa, Africa! Come let us sing, a song of the love and the glory of God."
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