go. We sold or gave away all our earthly possessions, reduced all our earthly goods to a trunk or two and a couple of suitcases. When we had bought our train ticket to Pittsburgh, we had just $7.00 between us.’24 Mr Ives only began to write in 1934 at the age of Before long his eyesight, along with his health, failed noticeably, but he wanted to record his memoirs’, ‘spiritual and Portals to Freedom was begun. When he was forbidden the use of his eyes, he still was undaunted ... learned the ‘he touch system on the typewriter and completed the book.’25 15 Abdu’l-Baha came to America, H. S. Fugeta was a ‘When medical student at the University of Michigan. Like his famous forerunner who was short of stature, he climbed a sycamore tree to see the Master pass by. down, “Come Zachias, for this day I would sup with thee,” called the voice of Abdu’l-Baha, and Fugeta relinquishing every human tie followed Him back to Mount Carmel to become a helper in the household.’26 Fujita, who passed away quite recently, spent most of his time, since that day in 1912, in the Holy Land. 16 Dorothy Baker became a Hand of the Cause of God. But . . ‘. in 1912 Mother Beecher [Dorothy’s grandmother] took Dorothy, then fourteen years old, to New York to see Abdu’l-Baha. She had been a very shy child, sensitive to the point of deep suffering in the presence of adults. She was so shy that years later she still remembered the tension she felt when she entered the room where 189
go. We sold or gave away all our earthly possessions, reduced all our earthly goods to a trunk or two and a couple of suitcases. When we had bought our train ticket to Pittsburgh, we had just $7.00 between us.’24 Mr Ives only began to write in 1934 at the age of Before long his eyesight, along with his health, failed noticeably, but he wanted to record his ‘spiritual memoirs’, and Portals to Freedom was begun. When he was forbidden the use of his eyes, he still was undaunted ... ‘he learned the touch system on the typewriter and completed the book.’25 15 ‘When Abdu’l-Baha came to America, H. S. Fugeta was a medical student at the University of Michigan. Like his famous forerunner who was short of stature, he climbed a sycamore tree to see the Master pass by. “Come down, Zachias, for this day I would sup with thee,” called the voice of Abdu’l-Baha, and Fugeta relinquishing every human tie followed Him back to Mount Carmel to become a helper in the household.’26 Fujita, who passed away quite recently, spent most of his time, since that day in 1912, in the Holy Land. 16 Dorothy Baker became a Hand of the Cause of God. But ‘. . . in 1912 Mother Beecher [Dorothy’s grandmother] took Dorothy, then fourteen years old, to New York to see Abdu’l-Baha. She had been a very shy child, sensitive to the point of deep suffering in the presence of adults. She was so shy that years later she still remembered the tension she felt when she entered the room where 189
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