Children’s class kit
american-tour — Children (6–9)
Auto-assembled from the Bahai Story Library
Stories
- He Always Had Time for Them: 'Abdu'l-Bahá with the Children
Mahmúd's Diary preserves a recurring theme of the 1912 American tour: the Master's particular attention to the children who came with their parents to the meetings. He would pause the proceedings to greet them. He would set them on His knee. He would ask their names, kiss their cheeks, and send them away with a sweet from His pocket.
— Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, Mahmúd's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání
- Only Nettie Tobin's Stone Arrived: The Cornerstone of Wilmette
On May 1, 1912, 'Abdu'l-Bahá traveled north of Chicago to lay the cornerstone of the first Bahá'í House of Worship in the West. Many stones had been sent from Bahá'í communities for the ceremony. Only one — found in a builders' rejection pile and dragged to the site by Nettie Tobin, a Chicago seamstress — had actually arrived. The Master asked for hers.
— Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, Mahmúd's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání
Discussion questions
Quote to memorize
“He kept the candies in His pocket on purpose. They were never there by accident.”
From He Always Had Time for Them: 'Abdu'l-Bahá with the Children
Coloring page
The Nine-Pointed Star
The number 9, the highest single digit, has long been associated in the Bahá'í community with completeness and unity. The nine-pointed star is the most familiar Bahá'í symbol.