It is now more than two years that I have been far from the
Holy Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. Now I must return. If God wills it, I shall make
another journey in another direction according to a special program which I
have already thought out, so that I can proclaim the Word of God in another way.
Let us see what is the will of God. Now we are traveling from California to
Chicago. Praise be to God that this journey has passed most pleasantly. At the
time of leaving Haifa, I had several ailments and did not expect to cross
oceans and plains with such ease and comfort and to make such a long journey.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, on the train, October 31, en route from Denver to
Chicago, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
