The Floor Maid's Roses
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Into the lives of those He loved spilled ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s love of flowers, which He often shared with others. On one occasion a “little floor maid emerged from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s suite, her arms filled with roses—beautiful roses—a gift to Him from some of the Bahá’ís. Sensing that we were friends of the Master,” continued Ella Quant, “all formality fell away and with a touching gesture she exclaimed, ‘See what He gave me! See what He gave me!’ She probably knew nothing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Station as the Centre of God’s Covenant and the Interpreter of Bahá’u’lláh’s teaching to a needy world; she perhaps did not know His name or title, but He had shown her His love.”
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 81 “Flowers with love”, p. 97
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