Be Consoling Friends to All
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Minneapolis (today: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
In the morning friends and seekers surrounded ‘Abdu’l-Bahá like moths. He spoke to them in these words:
“You must have deep love for one another. Go to see each other and be consoling friends to all. If a friend lives a little distance from the town, go to see him. Do not content yourselves with words only but act according to the commandments of God. Hold weekly meetings and give feasts. Put forth your efforts to acquire spiritual perfections and to spread the knowledge of God. These are the attributes of the Bahá’ís. Otherwise, what use is there in being a Bahá’í in word alone.”
Source: Mahmúd’s Diary (Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání), 20 September 1912 (Minneapolis).
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