home very tired. We were sad at heart that He should be so fatigued, and bewailed the many steps to be ascended to the flat. Suddenly, to our amazement, the Master ran up the stairs to the top very quickly without stopping. looked down at us as we walked up after Him, saying ‘He with a bright smile, from which all traces of fatigue had vanished: are all very old! I am very young!”’ He added, “You the power of Baha’u’- llah all things can be done. ‘“Through I have just used that )) ) 12 power. 67 As the Master travelled in the West, He compared the East and the West and was delighted with the contrasts. In the Hotel Rittenhouse in Philadelphia about fifty people were crowded into a small room for a meeting with the Master. For lack of chairs some people sat on the floor - this delighted He commented, is a cause ‘Abdu’l-Baha. ‘This of unity; see! The Occident is sitting on the floor like the Orient and the Orient is sitting on the chairs.’ He laughed with delight and then gave His talk.113 68 One day in London heard laughter coming ‘Abdu’l-Baha from the kitchen. Delighted, He joined the happy people. ‘It appeared that the Persian servant had remarked: the “In East women wear veils and do all the work. To which [the] ” English housekeeper had replied: the West women don’t “In wear veils, and take good care that the men do at least some of the work. You had better 175
home very tired. We were sad at heart that He should be so fatigued, and bewailed the many steps to be ascended to the flat. Suddenly, to our amazement, the Master ran up the stairs to the top very quickly without stopping. ‘He looked down at us as we walked up after Him, saying with a bright smile, from which all traces of fatigue had vanished: “You are all very old! I am very young!”’ He added, ‘“Through the power of Baha’u’- llah all things can be done. I have just used that )) ) 12 power. 67 As the Master travelled in the West, He compared the East and the West and was delighted with the contrasts. In the Hotel Rittenhouse in Philadelphia about fifty people were crowded into a small room for a meeting with the Master. For lack of chairs some people sat on the floor - this delighted ‘Abdu’l-Baha. He commented, ‘This is a cause of unity; see! The Occident is sitting on the floor like the Orient and the Orient is sitting on the chairs.’ He laughed with delight and then gave His talk.113 68 One day in London ‘Abdu’l-Baha heard laughter coming from the kitchen. Delighted, He joined the happy people. ‘It appeared that the Persian servant had remarked: “In the East women wear veils and do all the work. ” To which [the] English housekeeper had replied: “In the West women don’t wear veils, and take good care that the men do at least some of the work. You had better 175
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