Suddenly, with a great flash like lightning he opened his eyes in the

Suddenly, with a great flash like lightning he opened his eyes in the room seemed to rock like a ship in a storm with the power released. The Master was blazing. The veils of glory, the thousand veils, had shriveled away and in that Flame we were exposed to the Glory itself. Lua and I sat shaking and sobbing. Then He spoke to Lua. I caught the words, Mundádiy-i Ahd (Herald of the Covenant. Lua started forward, her hand to her breast. "Man?" (I?) she exclaimed. "Call one of the Persians. You must understand this." Never shall I forget that moment, the flashing eyes of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the reverberations of His voice, the power that still rocked the room. God of lightning and thunder! I thought. "I appoint you, Lua, the Herald of the Covenant. And I AM the Covenant, appointed by Bahá’u’lláh. And no one can refute His word. This is the testament of Bahá’u’lláh. You will find it in the holy book of Aqdas. Go forth and proclaim, this is the Covenant of God in your midst." A great joy had lifted Lua up. Her eyes were full of light. She looked like a winged Angel. "Oh re-create me", she cried, that I may do this work for Thee!" It was because ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had that morning made this emphatic authoritative statement in public that New York was invested with that distinction of being named the City of the Covenant.

Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 143-144

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: new-york).

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