‘Abdu’l-Bahá during
his journey and sojourn through that Dominion [Canada] obtained the utmost joy.
Before My departure, many souls warned Me not to travel to Montreal, saying,
the majority of the inhabitants are Catholics, and are in the utmost
fanaticism, that they are submerged in the sea of imitations, that they have
not the capability to hearken to the call of the Kingdom of God, that the veil
of bigotry has so covered the eyes that they have deprived themselves from beholding
the signs of the Most Great Guidance, and that the dogmas have taken possession
of the hearts entirely, leaving no trace of reality. They asserted that should
the Sun of Reality shine with perfect splendor throughout that Dominion, the
dark, impenetrable clouds of superstitions have so enveloped the horizon that
it would be utterly impossible for anyone to behold its rays.
But these stories
did not have any effect on the resolution of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. He, trusting in God,
turned his face toward Montreal. When he entered that city he observed all the
doors open, he found the hearts in the utmost receptivity and the ideal power
of the Kingdom of God removing every obstacle and obstruction.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets
of the Divine Plan’)
