A Tram Ride Through Montreal
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When in Bahá'í history
Montreal (today: Montreal, Canada)
The day after His move to the Hotel Windsor, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá went for a walk and got lost. He had been very tired after His last talk and went out alone to walk and refresh Himself. After a while, He boarded a tram which went out of the city. Finally when He decided to return to the hotel, He took a taxi. The driver asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá which hotel to go to, but the Master didn't remember. He simply told the driver to go straight ahead and very soon they arrived at the hotel. With His hair disheveled and His smiling face, He told us how He had gotten lost. ‘Once in the Holy Land,’ He said, ‘Áqá Faraj lost the way to Yirkih. I advised him to loosen the reins of the animal. When the ass was left to itself it went straight to its destination. Today I pointed to the chauffeur to go straight on and by chance I reached my hotel among all these hotels.’
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, pp. 185–186; the episode and the Master’s words are recorded in Mahmúd’s Diary, entry for 3 September 1912.
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