At the end of this meeting, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stood at the Bowery entrance to the…
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When in Bahá'í history
At the end of this meeting, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stood at the Bowery entrance to the Mission hall, shaking hands with four or five hundred men and placing within each palm a piece of silver.
Source: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 34
Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: poor).
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