National Teaching Committee Bulletins/1920/October (Special Bulletin 1)/Text
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them, tell them that they are very dear to me.
In Bulletin No. 4 issued in Septemver, the friends were informed of the
travels of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan F. Ober, and that among other places Abdul Baha had
instructed them to visit the fricnds in Germany before returning to America. The
following is a@ record in brief of some of their expsriences on said visit, and is
deeply significant.
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"Our journey through Germany was a heavenly journey, filled with vivid and happy memories. We stayed three weeks in Stuttgart and Esslingen, holding many public meetings and visiting in many of the homes.
"The love, unity and faithfulness of the German friends must be seen to be realized. Their assemblies are fragrant with the perfume of spirituality. No words can describe them as they are described by Abdul Baha, in a letter which has just reached us. ‘Te had written to one of the Secretaries of Abdul Baha, Mirza Aziz'ollah Khan Bahadur,who visited the German friends in 1919. He writes -- "I told the Beloved that you have been feeling that you are in Paradise." Our Lord said, "Verily it is so. They are now in Paradise. The German friends are pure, their hearts are overflowing with love, their whole beings are filled with the Cause of God. They are sacrificial in their services and therefore they have won eternal glory. They are serving the Cause of God, not for name, fame and winning glory. No, simply because their sense of duty is strong, but a duty which is permeated with pleasure and joy. They are distinguished from all the western friends. This is because no distasteful odor of violation has penetrated in their midst. They are kept clean and pure. I cannot forget the hours I myself spent among them. They were such sweet and endsared hours. The associations of those sweet hours perfume the nostrils whenever I recall them. “hen thou art writing to
"Often in the middle of the night when I am awake I turn my face towards the Holy Threshold of the Blessed Seauty and ardently pray for them. They are the great pioneers of Universal Peace. See! the Americans and the Germans have been hostile and yet how the Germans are receiving the Americans! This is because they +r are the lovers of the Holy Cause, and.its Principles, striving for the fulfillment of its Great Purpose. National prejudices cannot interfere in their religion. Religion and God is to them superior to every other phase of life. Therefore it is no wonder that you see they are blessed and confirmed in their religious life. The Blessed Beauty says 'Verily, verily, do we reinforce him who arises in the service of ky Cause with an army of the Supreme Concourse and a force of the most favoured of My Angels." Surely their success is great. It must be left to History to describe it."
"Then He went on to describe some of the assemblies of the German friends which He had blessed with His Holy Presence. After that He described to the friends who were in the Holy Presence some of the friends, such as the globe of the fire of the love of God, Taereh, Mrs. Consul fchwarz, and the dear Consul himself, Mr. Herrigel and his unique sincerity. Miss Knobloch and her devotion and productive services, Mi¢s Kostlin. and her purity of faith and efficiency in service and how
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she has kept the Esslinzen community in harmony, love and ardour. He said 'The
Cchwarz family have become the embodiment of confirmation!’ He then told a
wonderful incident about this family and said - 'From this ye can imagine what
type of people they are. Verily, verily, I say unto ye that a single step that
some soul takes with sincerity in the Path of the Blessed Beauty will never pass
unnoticed or unrewarded. It is like unto a seed which is sown by the farmer.
The rain of Mercy and the heat of the Sun of Truth help it grow and develop into
a stately tree whose verdure and shade will be enjoyed for milleniums.'
™e enjoyed the privilege of association with these heavenly souls, and many new souls who are radiant with the flame of love. On trains and in various cities we found souls who were ready for the Divine Glad Tidings, and the meetings were full of spirituality, the hearts being melted with love.
"The friends in Germany were very happy because of the letters they had received from the friends in Enzland and America and are very anxious to increase
the correspondence. They requested us to convey to all the friends the most zlorious Abha greetings of love and unity."
(Signed) HARLAN F. OBER.
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Issued as a Special Bulletin, October 1920, by the Teaching Committee of Nineteen, Mariam Haney,
Secretary. The Mendota, Washington, D. C.