The Master Arrives in Denver

On 23 September 1912, after a night spent sitting up in the train's chair car, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His party arrived in Denver about two o'clock in the afternoon and were met by Mr. and Mrs. Ashton and a few other friends. He was taken to the Hotel Shirley, where He told the waiting reporters, “I had no rest last night and am very tired. Give me a little time.” Less than three hours later He was giving them interviews. At eight in the evening He went to the home of Mrs. Roberts, which was so filled with people that some were standing in the entrance. He spoke to them of the power of the Abhá Kingdom, which had enabled Him to travel so far in spite of His weak constitution.

Source: Mahmúd's Diary, 23 September 1912; also Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 203.

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: exhaustion).

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