Mary Ravel of Philadelphia attended the dedication meeting and secretly hope to…
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When in Bahá'í history
Mary Ravel of Philadelphia attended the dedication meeting and secretly hope to kiss the hem of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's robe, something a Bahá’í in Iran had written and asked her to do. Unfortunately, the Master was on the far side of the crowd until, suddenly, He walked directly over to Mary and stood in front of her just long enough for her to accomplish her great desire.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 115
Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: intuition).
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