O Thou My Loving, My Deeply Spiritual Sister!
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahíyyih Khánum, (1982) · Read original
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O thou my loving, my deeply spiritual sister! I trust that by the grace and loving-kindness of the one true God thou art, and wilt be, kept safe and secure beneath the sheltering shadow of the Blessed Beauty. Night and day thy countenance appeareth before mine eyes, and in my mind are engraved the traits of thy character....
Source: 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in Bahíyyih Khánum (1982). Public domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19242.
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