Give thou my greetings to Miss Ford. Convey to her the glad
tidings that these are the days of the Kingdom of God. Say unto her: Blessed
art thou for thy noble aims, blessed art thou for thy goodly deeds, blessed art
thou for thy spiritual nature. Verily do I love thee on account of these thine
aims and qualities and deeds. Tell her further: Remember the Messiah, and His
days on earth, and His abasement, and His tribulations, and how the people paid
Him no mind. Remember how the Jews would hold Him up to ridicule, and mock at
Him, and address Him with: ‘Peace be upon thee, King of the Jews! Peace be upon
thee, King of Kings!’ How they would say that He was mad, and would ask how the
Cause of that crucified One could ever spread out to the easts of the world and
the wests thereof. None followed Him then, save only a few souls who were
fishermen, carpenters, and other plain folk. Alas, alas, for such delusions!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
