My health was absolutely not up to traveling but the
assistance of the Blessed Beauty helped me. All affairs advance with His aid.
Without His aid, all would come to naught. When I left Syria I was ill and weak
and also was not used to traveling. All were astonished. But now I am in
Chicago and have other journeys ahead of me. You must continue to follow these
teachings and promote universal peace and the unity of mankind so that
misfortunes and calamities such as the Balkan disaster may cease and wars and
massacres disappear completely. Observe: it is the children who are orphaned
and families which are destroyed. The flames of the fire of war are day by day
becoming more intense. You must become the cause of quenching this fire so that
the light of love may enlighten the world.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Chicago,
November 1, 1912, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
