In the evening some clergymen announced a meeting to observe
the crucifixion of Christ. The Master remarked,
“Their speeches in the meeting will be to the effect that
Christ sacrificed Himself in order to redeem us from our sins. But they do not
understand the inner meaning…The redemption of sins depends on our acting upon
the admonitions of Christ, and the martyrdom of Christ was to cause us to
attain praiseworthy morals and supreme stations.”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu’l-Baha aboard the Cedric, April 6, 1912, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani;
‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
