Two days before ‘Abdu’l-Bahá left Paris, a woman came anxiously into a

Two days before ‘Abdu’l-Bahá left Paris, a woman came anxiously into a gathering at the Avenue de Camoens. Breathlessly, the woman said: 'Oh, how glad I am to be in time! I must tell you the amazing reason of my hurried journey from America.

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One day, my little girl astonished me by saying: 'Mummy, if dear Lord Jesus was in the world now, what would you do?' 'Darling baby, I would feel like getting on the first train and going to him as fast as I could.' 'Well, Mummy, He is in the world.' I felt a sudden great awe come over me as my tiny one spoke. 'What do you mean my precious? How do you know?', I said.

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'He told me Himself, so of course He is in the world.' Full of wonder, I thought: 'Is this the sacred message which is being given to me out of the mouth of my babe?' And I prayed that it might be made clear to me. The next day she said, insistently, and as though she could not understand: 'Mummy darlin', why isn't you gone to see Lord Jesus?

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He's told me two times that He's really here, in the world.' 'Tiny love, Mummy doesn't know where He is. How could she find him?' 'We see Mummy, we see.' I was naturally perturbed. The same afternoon, being out for a walk with my child, she suddenly stood still and cried out, 'There He is! There He is! She was trembling with excitement and pointed at the window of a magazine store where there was a picture of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

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I bought the paper, found this address, caught a boat the same night, and here I am.

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