They Look at the Heart
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'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
Juliet Thompson has given us a sweet picture of the Master in ‘Akká: “He had sent for us that afternoon to meet Mr Sprague and the Persian believers and, not being ready, I put on a dress I could slip into easily. As I passed the Master standing in His door: ‘I am afraid I am not dressed well enough,’ I said.
“He touched my arm, smiling with the utmost sweetness.
“‘The Persian believers do not look at the dress, My child. They look at the heart.’”
Source: Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 61; from The Diary of Juliet Thompson (entry of 9 July 1909).
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