A Shining Light for God

In Volume 3, No. 19 of the *Star of the West,* dated 2 March 1913, the editors printed a short notice headed "Leslie Armstrong."

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During January, it reported, little Leslie Armstrong of Montreal, Canada, had died after being crushed by an automobile. The notice gave the words of his parents to the Bahá'í friends, in a letter signed by his father, Henry F. Armstrong.

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The parents thanked the friends for the affection and loving sympathy they had shown "at a time when we were called upon to part with a priceless treasure." They wrote that God had taken the boy to Himself, sparing him the pain and distress this life would have given him after so serious an injury to his head.

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'Abdu'l-Bahá had met Leslie during His visit to Montreal in the late summer of 1912. His father wrote:

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> Our revered Abdul-Baha, during his visit to Montreal, filled > Leslie's hands with fruit, put his hand on his head and kissed > him, and said he would be a shining light for God, and so we > believe that our little one has been privileged to be called > to serve as a little soul-star in the realms beyond.

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*A retelling based on **Star of the West**, Volume 3, No. 19 (March 2, 1913), notice on Leslie Armstrong of Montreal. For the fuller account, see the original.*

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