[Baha’u’llah and the New Era by J.E. Esslemont]@TWC D-Link bookBaha’u’llah and the New Era CHAPTER 4: 'ABDU'L-BAHA: THE SERVANT OF BAHA 13/30
25-26. He loved to present beautiful and sweet-smelling flowers to His numerous visitors. Mr.Thornton Chase sums up his impression of the prison life at Akka as follows:-- Five days we remained within those walls, prisoners with Him who dwells in that "Greatest Prison." It is a prison of peace, of love and service.
No wish, no desire is there save the good of mankind, the peace of the world, the acknowledgement of the Fatherhood of God and the mutual rights of men as His creatures, His children. Indeed, the real prison, the suffocating atmosphere, the separation from all true heart desires, the bond of world conditions, is outside of those stone walls, while within them is the freedom and pure aura of the Spirit of God.
All troubles, tumults, worries or anxieties for worldly things are barred out there .-- In Galilee, p.
24. To most people the hardships of prison life would appear as grievous calamities, but for 'Abdu'l-Baha they had no terrors.
When in prison He wrote:-- Grieve not because of my imprisonment and calamity; for this prison is my beautiful garden, my mansioned paradise and my throne of dominion among mankind.
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