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`Abdu'l-Bahá in London
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Pages 49-53
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The Arrival in London
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THE evening of his arrival in London,
Monday, September 4th, 1911,
`Abdu'l-Bahá said: Heaven has blessed
this day. It was said that London
should be a place for a great proclamation of the
Faith. I was tired when I went on board the
steamer, but when I reached London and beheld
the faces of the friends my fatigue left me. Your
great love refeshes me. I am very pleased with the
English friends.
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The feeling that existed between the East and
the West is changing in the Light of Bahá'u'lláh's
teaching. It used to be such that if an Occidental
drank from the cup of an Oriental the cup would
be considered polluted and would be broken.
Now when a Western Bahá'í dines with an
Eastern Bahá'í the vessels and the plates that he
has used are kept apart and reverenced in his
memory. `Abdu'l-Bahá then gave this historic
instance of wonderful brotherly love:
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One day some soldiers came to the house of a
Bahá'í and demanded that one of the guests
should be given up for execution, according to
their warrant. The host took his guest's place and
died in his stead.
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