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Date 1912-12-2, sorted by date, descending

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1912 29 Dec
191-		 In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá received a visit from the Maharajah or Jhalawar. [ABTM283]
  • In the afternoon He spoke at the home of Miss Annie Gamble. [SoW Vol. 9 No 2 9Apr1918 p 24]
  • In the evening He gave a talk at the King's Weigh House Methodist Church hosted by Rev E W Lewis. [SoW Vol. 4 No 17 19Jan1914 p284-285]
  • For a transcript see 'Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks.
    		•  * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; - Maharajahs; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom
    1912 26 Dec
    191-    		 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about prayer, evil, and the progress of the soul in a talk at 97 Cadogan Gardens. [PT176-179] `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom
    1912 25 Dec
    191-    		 'Abdu'l-Bahá paid a visit to Lord Lamington (Cochrane-Baillie) who was deeply touched by the message of peace and goodwill. [PG141] `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charles Cochrane-Baillie; London, England; United Kingdom
    1912 24 Dec
    191-    		 `Abdu'l-Bahá received many expensive Christmas gifts; He turned them all away by returning them and asking the donors to sell them and give the money to the poor.
  • That evening He visited the Salvation Army Shelter in Westminster. That night there were 1,000 men present. After His talk He departed but not before leaving twenty gold sovereigns and many handfuls of silver with Col Spencer for a similar dinner to be held on New Year's Eve. [ABTM282-283]
    		• `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charity and relief work; Gifts; London, England; United Kingdom
    1912 c. Dec
    191-    		 On another occasion He gave an outline for a play to his hostess for the evening, Mrs Gabrielle Enthoven, which He called Drama of the Kingdom. It was expanded into a play and put to print by Lady Blomfield's daughter, Mary Basil Hall, approved by the Reviewing Committees for the National Assemblies of both the British Isles and the United States and Canada. It was published in 1933. In 1994 a production based on this outline was premiered in Perth, Australia entitled The Face of Glory: A Musical Rendezvous with the Soul. [CH155-156, Bahá'ís and the Arts: Language of the Heart by Ann Boyles, also published in 1994-95 edition of The Bahá'í World, pp. 243-272] * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Publications; - Drama; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Drama of the Kingdom (play); London, England; Mary Basil Hall (Parvine); United Kingdom
    1912 21 or 22 Dec
    191-    		 'Abdu'l-Bahá witnessed His first dramatic performance. It was a mystery Christmas play entitled Eager Heart written by Miss Alice Buckton and performed at the Church House, Westminster before an audience of 1,200. [SoW Vol III no 19 2March1913 p 7, CH154, AB34]
  • He is reported to have said, perhaps on another occasion, "The stage will be the pulpit of the future". [Quoted by Loulie Mathews in The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom, Vol 4, No. 3 (June 1923, p69]
  • Star of the West, Vol. 19 no. 11 Feb1929, p.341 quotes 'Abdu'l-Bahá as saying: "drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again,". [BW1994-1995p255]
  • For a short biography of the life of Alice Buckton see The Early Years of the British Bahá'í Community (1898-1911) p97-103.
    		•  * Arts and crafts; - Drama; - Plays; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Alice Buckton; Eager Heart (play); London, England; Loulie A. Mathews; United Kingdom; Westminster, England First time `Abdu'l-Bahá attends a theatre performance
    1912 20 Dec
    191-    		 'Abdu'l-Bahá interviewed E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens (later Lady Drower) who had come from Southhampton to meet Him. [SoW Vol III no 19 2Mar1913 p6]
    • Three years prior she had spent 3 or 4 months (possibly 6 months) in 'Akka and Haifa gathering material for a book. During her stay she had the opportunity to observe both 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í community at close quarters. The book, called Mountain of God, was published in 1911. World Order excerpted this book in a two-part serial in 1970. [Collins7.2476}
    • She also wrote an article for the magazine Fortnightly Review. Excerpts from the article, impressions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. can be found at the US Bahá'í site.
  • In the evening He was driven to Westminster for a meeting at the Palace Hotel, His first public talk since returning to London. [SoW Vol III no 19 2Mar1913 p6; SoW Vol III no 17 19Jan1913 p510]
    		• `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; E. S. Stevens; London, England; United Kingdom; Westminster, England
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