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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
By Louis G. Gregory · 1911
'Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry (1892–1921) · public domain
Louis Gregory's account of his pilgrimage to 'Akká.
About Louis G. Gregory
African-American lawyer who became one of the most influential American Bahá'ís of the early twentieth century. His pilgrimage account, his marriage to Louisa Mathew, and his lifelong work for race unity all helped shape the American Bahá'í community.
1874–1951 · Hand of the Cause (posthumous appointment)
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“As the small boat approached the wall the city walls of”
From Across the Bay to 'Akká: Louis Gregory's Pilgrimage Arrival
“‘Akká rose, in their old sandstone, to meet me.”
From Across the Bay to 'Akká: Louis Gregory's Pilgrimage Arrival
“Following a natural impulse, my knee was bent reverently before”
From My Knee Was Bent Reverently: Louis Gregory Meets the Master
“Him. Feeling Him bend over me, I knew that He touched my head”
From My Knee Was Bent Reverently: Louis Gregory Meets the Master
“The weariness of the long journey, the suspense, and the”
From My Knee Was Bent Reverently: Louis Gregory Meets the Master
Memorials of the Faithful
Primary Source'Abdu'l-Bahá · 1915
Star of the West
Secondary RetellingStar of the West Editors · 1910
Some Answered Questions
Primary Source'Abdu'l-Bahá · 1908
Paris Talks
Primary Source'Abdu'l-Bahá · 1912
Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
Primary Source'Abdu'l-Bahá · 1909
Ten Days in the Light of Akka
Secondary RetellingJulia M. Grundy · 1907
In *A Heavenly Vista* Louis G. Gregory describes the afternoon in April 1911 when, having travelled from Egypt, he was rowed across the bay to 'Akká for the first time — and the small wooden landing-stair at the foot of the prison walls that received the first African American Bahá'í pilgrim.
On April 10, 1911, in Alexandria, Egypt, Louis G. Gregory — the African American lawyer from Washington who would later be named a Hand of the Cause — entered 'Abdu'l-Bahá's reception room for the first time. His pilgrimage notes preserve the kiss on the head, the question about his health, and the silence into which a long journey suddenly settled.
In *A Heavenly Vista* Louis Gregory describes the morning he ascended the slope of Mount Carmel with a small party of believers to the Shrine of the Báb — the small low building the Master had completed only two years before — and the silence in which he stood, an African American lawyer from Washington, in the presence of the remains of the Persian Herald of the Bahá'í Cause.
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