In 1909 Ethel Rosenberg made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
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'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
In 1909 Ethel Rosenberg made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Although He was free, the Master had not yet left ‘Akka to live in Haifa. Ethel asked Him what the friends could do to increase their numbers and to make their work more effective. He answered that ‘the members of the little groups should love each other very much and be devoted friends. The more they loved each other, the more the meetings would attract and draw others, and the more they loved, the more their influence would be felt . . . I say also in English, that you may understand how much I mean it, that love is the foundation of everything . . .’
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 102
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