Untroubled by Danger
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When in Bahá'í history
Paris (today: Paris, France)
While in Paris, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá received a letter warning Him that if He visited a certain country, He would be in danger. When He heard of this, He smilingly remarked to Lady Blomfield, ‘My daughter, have you not yet realized that never, in my life, have I been for one day out of danger, and that I should rejoice to leave this world and go to my Father?’ Lady Blomfield was ‘overcome with sorrow and terror’. He continued, ‘Be not troubled. These enemies have no power over my life, but that which is given them from on High. If my Beloved God so willed that my life-blood should be sacrificed in His path, it would be a glorious day, devoutly wished for by me.’
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 157; see also Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway.
Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: courage).
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