terial idea, crave for the things of the spirit; fix our eyes on the
everlasting bountiful Mercy of the Almighty, who will fill our souls with
the gladness of joyful service to His command 'Love One Another'.

THE IMPRISONMENT OF 'ABDU'L-BAHA

4 Avenue de Camoeens,
Wednesday, October 25th

I regret much that I have kept you waiting this morning, but I have so
much to do in a short time for the Cause of the love of God.

You will not mind having waited a little to see me. I have waited years
and years in prison, that I might come to see you now.

Above all, God be praised, our hearts are always in unison, and with one
aim are drawn to the love of God. By the Bounty of the Kingdom our
desires, our hearts, our spirits, are they not united in one bond? Our
prayers, are they not for the gathering together of all men in harmony?
Therefore are we not always together?

Yesterday evening when I came home from the house of Monsieur Dreyfus I
was very tired--yet I did not sleep, I lay awake thinking.

I said, O God, Here am I in Paris! What is Paris and who am I? Never did I
dream that from the darkness of my prison I should ever be able to come to
you, though when they read me my sentence I did not believe in it.

They told me that 'Abdu'l-Hamid had ordered my everlasting imprisonment,
and I said, 'This is impossible! I shall not always be a prisoner. If
'Abdu'l-Hamid were immortal, such a sentence might possibly be carried
out. It is certain that one day I shall be free. My body may be captive
for a time, but 'Abdu'l-Hamid has no power over my spirit--free it must
remain--that can no man imprison'.

Released from my prison by the Power of God I meet here the friends of
God, and I am thankful unto Him.

Let us spread the Cause of God, for which I suffered persecution.

What a privilege it is for us to meet here in freedom. How happy for us
that God has so decided that we may work together for the coming of the
Kingdom!

Are you pleased to receive such a guest, freed from his prison to bring
the glorious Message to you? He who never could have thought such a
meeting possible! Now by the Grace of God, by His wonderful Power, I, who
was condemned to perpetual imprisonment in a far off town of the East, am
here in Paris talking with you!

Henceforward we shall always be together, heart and soul and spirit,
pressing forward in the work till all men are gathered together under the
tent of the Kingdom, singing the