A Blessing for the Parsons Household
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Washington, D.C. (today: Washington, D.C., USA)
Agnes Parsons, at whose home in Washington ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stayed in April 1912, recorded in her diary:
Early Monday morning the household was called together, when ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gave a short talk and His Blessing. He admonished each one to be faithful and said He had prayed for all. Afterward He gave each servant a handmade silk handkerchief as a souvenir.
Source: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in America: Agnes Parsons’ Diary (ed. Richard Hollinger), April 22, 1912.
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