In Minneapolis a Jewish Rabbi came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with a request that He speak

In Minneapolis a Jewish Rabbi came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with a request that He speak in his synagogue. Part of their conversation reveals the Master’s radiant acquiescence in time of adversity.

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‘Abdu’l-Bahá began speaking to him by saying, ‘I have come from your real country – Jerusalem. I have passed forty-five years of my life in Palestine; but I was in prison . . . ‘ ‘We are all in prison in this world,’ responded the Rabbi. ‘Yes, I was imprisoned in two prisons.’ The Rabbi commented ‘that one prison was sufficient.’ ‘I was resigned even then, and was in utmost joy and happiness,’ declared ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

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