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ABU3008 Words to Sarah Farmer, spoken on 1912-08-21 50 Green Acre must be made the center for the investigation of reality, not that everybody should come and use it as a place of propaganda for his own ideas and benefits. The Shining Reality which is the Spirit of the world today is One and not many. SW_v19#12 p.380 oneness; unity of religion; unity of thought and belief - -
ABU0488 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-10 550 What dost thou want with a room of stone and clay! I have prepared for thee such glorious rooms the walls, the roofs, the floors and the furniture of which are of purest deeds DAS.1914-12-10, SW_v13#06 p.152x critique of Eastern values; culture; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise of Western values; culture; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; work as worship - -
ABU0781 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-11 380 Happiness is the ambrosia of the spirit and the nectar of the souls. It confers upon man the boon of immortality DAS.1914-12-11, SW_v13#06 p.153x detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU1528 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21 210 May thy body be at peace... The name of this old man is Rustam Effendi... This man is Asaad Bey. DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.269-270 forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes - -
ABU2474 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21 90 The realization of these two opposite attitudes in a single individual is very rare. In the Bahá'í Cause it is taught... I went out to return the morning call of the German officer. DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.270 detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; worldliness vs. other-worldliness - -
ABU2286 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22 110 There are certain forms of work which are beyond human endurance and others which are within it DAS.1914-12-22, SW_v13#10 p.270-271 self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU0542 Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-24 510 When I was in Mazandaran I was a wee bit of a child and enjoyed all the fun and play belonging to that age. DAS.1914-12-24, SW_v13#10 p.271-272, STAB#004 humor; jokes; stories; anecdotes - -
ABU2061 Words to some students, spoken on 1914-07-15 130 God be praised! How wonderful are these students! I am looking forward with DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v09#09 p.100, SW_v13#05 p.104 humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - -
ABU0603 Words to some Zoroastrian Bahá’ís, spoken on 1914-05-06 470 The more union and agreement appear amongst the believers of God the greater will be the divine Confirmations, the more uninterrupted will be the descent ... The cause of God is like unto a college. The believers are like unto the students. COC#0424x, DAS.1914-05-06, SW_v07#18 p.178-179x, BSTW#052X bringing forth results; fruit; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness - -
ABU1347 Words to students of Beirut College, 1914-04-15 240 From now on you must strive to beautify the moral aspect of your lives. Advise each other with the utmost consideration DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v07#18 p.183-184 attaining good pleasure of God; compassion; kindness; excellence; distinction; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
ABU2942 Words to Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, spoken on 1911-08-25 60 Once, when I lived in Baghdad, I was invited to the house of a poor thorn-picker. In Baghdad the heat is greater even than in Syria AIF.1911-08-25, SW_v08#13 p.167, PN_1909B p031, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027, STAB#089 autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; hospitality; humility; meekness; lowliness - -
ABU1229 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-09 260 This is a meeting, the members of which are strung together like pearls, and all the pearls are brilliant, for all are Bahá'ís. SW_v05#06 p.090, MAB.064-065 call to action; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU1721 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 180 Promulgation of Universal Peace, The It is my hope that the meetings of the Baha'i Assembly in New York shall become like LOG#0581x, PUP#064 (p.183), SW_v03#10 p.014-015, PN_1912 p022 consultation; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; independent investigation of truth; reality; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU1693 Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-20 590 Praise be to God! That this city is progressive; that it is adorned with the existence of the believers... The deceased, his honor Mr. Chase, was a blessed soul; he was a holy reality. SW_v04#13 p.225-226x, BSTW#155e, ECN.145+182 eulogies; reminiscences; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts - -
ABU1247 Words to the believers, spoken on 1914-07-15 250 The Holy Spirit is the only power which will ultimately unite and harmonize the races and nations of the world. DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v08#08 p.101 power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity - -
ABU1595 Words to the Falah family, spoken on 1914-06-06 190 The firm and steadfast believers living in a city will become the means of its ultimate illumination and will assist the inhabitants DAS.1914-06-06, SW_v09#10 p.107-108x growth of the Cause; Muhammad; Islam; religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU2793 Words to the friends, spoken around 1912-05-03 70 Some of you have observed that I have not called attention to any of your individual shortcomings.... I want you to be organized like a flock of the doves of Heaven, whose attitude and conduct toward each other SW_v03#04 p.029, VLAB.077x characteristics and conduct of true believers; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity - -
ABU1592 Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-06-07 200 In Tiberias the missionaries have built a modern hospital and pharmacy. The doctor DAS.1913-06-07, SW_v09#03 p.040 being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Christian doctrine and practice; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit - -
ABU1978 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-02 140 The cohorts of the Abha Kingdom are engaged in uninterrupted conquest. They are gaining victory after victory. God willing, Mrs. Stannard shall win many signal triumphs in India. DAS.1914-02-02, SW_v05#02 p.019 detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
ABU2815 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-12 70 The religion of God reforms the moral side of the life of mankind. It is the spreader of the virtues of the world of humanity... In this garden you will find the flowers seen in others, and beside, there are other rare flowers here that are not extant anywhere else. DAS.1914-03-12, SW_v08#02 p.028 purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity in diversity; universality of the Cause - -
ABU0632 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-15 450 These are the days of Bahá'í fasting but the Blessed Perfection has commanded us not to keep it in Turkey... The sweetest thing in this world is to obey strictly the commands of God... There is nothing sweeter in the world of existence than prayer…. What is prayer? It is conversation with God. DAS.1914-03-15, SW_v08#04 p.041x, SW_v09#09 p.103-104x MANA law of fasting; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; wisdom [hikmat] - -
ABU2104 Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-20 130 All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth. DAS.1914-12-20, SW_v13#10 p.269 heedlessness and ignorance of the people; martyrs and martyrdom; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; unity of governments; political unity; war and peace - -
ABU0413 Words to the friends, spoken on 1921-11-19 610 Although you are here with these assembled friends and cannot speak with them.... When lovers meet it may be that they cannot exchange a single word SW_v13#07 p.163-164, BSTW#482 love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; suffering and imprisonment - -
ABU2088 Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-10 130 Consider the power of the Covenant! Where is Acca and where is Los Angeles! Yet the power of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh has united these two distant points!... In order to preserve the unity of the Cause and to spread the religion of God, Baha'o'llah has established this Covenant and Testament DAS.1913-05-10, SW_v08#13 p.183x, SW_v09#13 p.139x East and West; communication between East and West; firmness in the Covenant; growth of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha - -
ABU1533 Words to the resident friends, spoken on 1914-04-29 200 This is a blessed day, a happy and joyful day. The beauty, the holiness and the significance of these days of Rizvan are not known now. DAS.1914-04-29, SW_v08#13 p.169-170 Declaration of Baha'u'llah; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities - -
ABU1903 Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912 160 You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper SW_v13#12 p.343-344 Christ; Christianity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world - -
ABU0716 Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 410 You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor SW_v08#08 p.103x, PN_1909B p051, PN_1909C p023, PN_1909E p038, PN_unsorted p157 development of capacity and readiness; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
ABU2763 Words to William Ellis, reporter for The Continent, around 1910 70 We have no statistics and we do not consider these things important. It is the quality of the believers we care for. SW_v01#17 p.008, BLO_PN#006 growth of the Cause; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; oneness; unity of religion - -
ABU3623 Words to William Randall ? 10 Never talk about God to a man with an empty stomach. Feed him first. SW_v11#03 p.043-044, VLAB.105 assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; methods of teaching the Cause; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; wisdom [hikmat] - -
ABU1893 Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 160 Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away SW_v14#01 p.011, PN_1909 p092 existence; immortality of the human soul; relationship of the soul to the body; soul; spirit after death; soul is the essential reality of man; transience; worthlessness of the physical world - -

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