tag name: Titanic (ship) type: Miscellaneous web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Titanic_(ship) inventory #: ABU0342; ABU0721 related tags: Calamities and catastrophes; Death; Life after death (afterlife); Ships notes: "... Although such an event is indeed regrettable, we must realize that everything which happens is due to some wisdom and that nothing happens without a reason. Therein is a mystery; but whatever the reason and mystery, it was a very sad occurrence, one which brought tears to many eyes and distress to many souls. I was greatly affected by this disaster. Some of those who were lost voyaged on the Cedric with us as far as Naples and afterward sailed upon the other ship. When I think of them, I am very sad indeed. But when I consider this calamity in another aspect, I am consoled by the realization that the worlds of God are infinite; that though they were deprived of this existence, they have other opportunities in the life beyond, even as Christ has said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions.” They were called away from the temporary and transferred to the eternal; they abandoned this material existence and entered the portals of the spiritual world. Foregoing the pleasures and comforts of the earthly, they now partake of a joy and happiness far more abiding and real, for they have hastened to the Kingdom of God. The mercy of God is infinite, and it is our duty to remember these departed souls in our prayers and supplications that they may draw nearer and nearer to the Source itself..."
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, talk #19 (23 April 1912; ABU0342)
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's_journeys_to_the_West#On_the_RMS_Cedric; bahaipedia.org/‘Abdu’l-Bahá's_journeys_to_the_West#On_the_RMS_Cedric
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