January 17, 2015

London: “His love had kindled love”

A profound impression remained in the minds and memories of all sorts and conditions of men and women.... Very greatly was ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s sojourn in London appreciated; very greatly His departure regretted. He left behind Him many, many friends. His love had kindled love. His heart had opened to the West, and the Western heart had closed around this patriarchal presence from the East. His words had in them something that appealed not only to their immediate hearers, but to men and women generally. 
- Lady Blomfield  (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘God Passes By’)