In the promotion of the divine principles he [‘Abdu’l-Baha]
found no antagonist and no adversary. The believers he met in that city
[Montreal] were in the utmost spirituality, and attracted with the fragrances
of God. He found that through the effort of the maidservant of God Mrs. Maxwell
a number of the sons and daughters of the Kingdom in that Dominion were
gathered together and associated with each other, increasing this joyous
exhilaration day by day. The time of sojourn was limited to a number of days,
but the results in the future are inexhaustible. When a farmer comes into the
possession of a virgin soil, in a short time he will bring under cultivation a
large field. Therefore I hope that in the future Montreal may become so
stirred, that the melody of the Kingdom may travel to all parts of the world
from that Dominion and the breaths of the Holy Spirit may spread from that
center to the East and the West of America.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the
Divine Plan’)
