Servant of the Glory

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Servant of the Glory  (1999) by Mary Perkins
The Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

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Contents[edit]

Author’s Note on Sources and Acknowledgements
Preface

Section I: 1844-68

1 Earliest Years
2 A Season of Terror
5 Exile and Separation
4 ‘The Mystery of God’
5 To the Great City – Constantinople
6 In Constantinople and Adrianople
7 ‘This Branch of Holiness’


Section II: 1868-92

8 The Journey to ‘Akká
9 In the Desolate City
10 In Supreme Joy
11 In Darkest Days
12 Through the City Gate
13 ‘He Has Made Himself Our Shield’
14 ‘May God Protect Him’


Section III: 1892-1902

15 ‘This Calamitous Day’
16 ‘An Excellent and Priceless Heritage’
17 ‘Alone and Unaided’
18 ‘So Momentous a Development’
19 The Covenant-Breakers Announce Themselves
20 ‘Heaven is There . . .’
21 "Unfading, Eternal Days’
22 Souls Arise as Promised
23 Confined to ‘Akká Once Again


Section IV: 1902-12

24 An Intense Agony
25 Days of Great Trouble
26 A Useful Incarceration
27 ‘In Very Great Danger’
28 ‘The Most Joyful Tidings’
29 From Egypt to Britain
30 First Visit to France


Section V: 1912

31 ‘The Utmost Longing and Yearning to See You’
32 Laying a Strong Foundation
33 New England and Canada
34 To the Western States
35 Farewell to North America


Section VI: 1912-14

36 Return to Britain
37 Second Visit to the Continent
38 In Egypt and the Holy Land


Section VII: 1914-21

39 Outbreak of Conflict
40 ‘A Reign of Terror’
41 ‘The Fire of War and Carnage’
42 ‘Black Darkness Enshrouds All Regions...’
43 An Ominous Threat
44 In the First Months of Peace
45 ‘An Almost Incredible Amount of Work’


Section VIII: 1921

46 The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá


Appendix 1 List of Names
Appendix 2 Qajar and Ottoman Rulers
Appendix 3 A Few Dates
Bibliography
References