The believers had planned to show the city to the Master; the stores
bahaistories.com archive · Read original
When in Bahá'í history
New York (today: New York, USA)
The believers had planned to show the city to the Master; the stores, hotels, banks; to give Him a good time seeing New York. Just as I stepped into the machine and was seated, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá looked at me. He just looked at me, and all at once with an immense sigh--or what you call it better than a sigh--like the whole world would be lifted from Him so He could have a rest, He put His head on my left shoulder, clear down as close as He could, like a child, and went to sleep. 'I was still as a mouse; I didn't want to move--I didn't want to wake Him up. The trip was nearly a half hour and often I wondered what the others thought--that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was looking out of the window all the time. He woke up just as we stopped at the Kinneys' home.
Source: Marzieh Gail, Dawn Over Mount Hira, p. 208
Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: exhaustion).
Cite this story
Various. *bahaistories.com archive*. https://bahaistories.com/subject/exhaustion
Record yourself reading this story
Recording stays on this device only. Nothing is uploaded.
Related stories
A delightful story is told of a Mademoiselle Letitia, who had come from a poor
A delightful story is told of a Mademoiselle Letitia, who had come from a poor family in Haifa to live in the Master's home in 'Akka to teach French to the children. She was happy there, though she was a Catholic and the nuns in the…
A second meeting was held that evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew J
A second meeting was held that evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew J. Dyer, a mixed race couple. Those present were in such unity and love that the Master remarked: “Before I arrived, I felt too tired to speak at this meeting but at…
‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His party arrived in Salt Lake City on the afternoon of 28 September
‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His party arrived in Salt Lake City on the afternoon of 28 September. Baháis traveled from other areas to have the bounty of seeing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, including Feny Paulson, from Missoula, Montana. She had received a…
‘Abdu’l-Bahá appeared as the guest of honor at a meeting of the New York Peace
‘Abdu’l-Bahá appeared as the guest of honor at a meeting of the New York Peace Society held at the Hotel Astor. Before the meeting, the Master had a high fever and was in bed. Juliet Thompson tried to get Him to stay and rest, but He…