place, then one cannot be outwardly
imprisoned. When they put my feet in stocks, I would say to the guard,
'You cannot imprison me, for here I have light and air and bread and
water. There will come a time when my body will be in the ground, and I
shall have neither light nor air nor food nor water, but even then I shall
not be imprisoned.' The afflictions which come to humanity sometimes tend
to centre the consciousness upon the limitations, and this is a veritable
prison. Release comes by making of the will a Door through which the
confirmations of the Spirit come."

This sounded so like the old theology that the modern in me rose doubting
if the discipline could be compensated for by the effort. "What do you
mean by the confirmations of the Spirit?"

"The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some
are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others
have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who
accepts his life with radiant acquiescence."

Radiant acquiescence--that was the quality with which we all suddenly
seemed inspired as 'Abdu'l-Baha bade us good-bye.

It was a remarkable experience, hearing one who had passed along the
prison path for forty years declare "There is no prison but the prison
self;" and it drove conviction to one's mind as this white-robed messenger
from the East pointed the way out,--not by the path called "Renunciation,"
but "Unattachment;" Radiant Acquiescence--the Shining Pathway out of the
"greater prison of self" as 'Abdu'l-Baha so beautifully terms those bars
that keep us from our fulfillment.

Isabel Fraser.

A LOVING FAREWELL GREETING.

After leaving London and during his two months stay in Paris, 'Abdu'l-Baha
frequently sent back messages to his English friends, some of whom
journeyed over to take advantage of the conferences there. On the eve of
his departure for Alexandria, he gave the following admonitory farewell to
the people of England and France.

"Work," he said unceasingly, "for the day of Universal Peace. Strive
always that you may be united. Kindness and love in the path of service
must be your means.

"I bid a loving farewell to the people of France and England. I am very
much pleased with them. I counsel them that they may day by day strengthen
the bond of love and amity to this end,--that they may become the
sympathetic embodiment of one nation.--That they may extend themselves to a