ir inner significance. There is no greater pleasure than to
study God's Word with a spiritual mind."

"The object of God's teaching to man is that man may know himself in order
to comprehend the greatness of God. The Word of God is for agreement and
concord. If you go to Persia where the friends of Abha are many, you will
at once realize the unifying force of God's work. They are doing their
utmost to strengthen this bond of amity. There, people of different
nationalities gather in one meeting and chant the divine tablets with one
accord. It might be supposed that they were all brethren. We do not
consider anyone a stranger, for it is said by Baha'u'llah 'Ye are all the
rays of one sun; the fruits of one tree; and the leaves of one branch.' We
desire the true brotherhood of humanity. This shall be so, and it has
already begun. Praise to be God, the Helper, the Pardoner!"

THE VISIT TO BRISTOL

'Abdu'l-Baha spent the week end of September 23rd to 25th, at the Clifton
Guest House at Clifton, Bristol.

On the first afternoon, while driving, he expressed much interest in rural
England, marvelling at the century-old trees, and the vivid green of the
woods and downs, so unlike the arid East. "Though it is autumn it seems
like spring," he said. The houses with their little plots of ground,
suggested a quotation which 'Abdu'l-Baha gave from Baha'u'llah's writings
in which the latter alludes to each family having a house with a piece of
land. 'Abdu'l-Baha likened the country to the soul and the city to the
body of man, saying, "The body without the soul cannot live. It is good,"
he remarked, "to live under the sky, in the sunshine and fresh air."
Observing a young woman who rode by on horseback with her hair flying free
and several who bicycled past on their bicycles unattended, he said, "This
is the age of woman. She should receive the same education as her brother
and enjoy the same privilege; for all souls are equal before God. Sex, in
its relation to the exigencies of the physical plane, has no connection
with the Spirit. In this age of spiritual awakening, the world has entered
upon the path of progress into the arena of development, where the power
of the spirit surpasses that of the body. Soon the spirit will have
dominion over the world of humanity."

In the evening greetings were cabled to the Baha'is of Tihran informing
them of 'Abdu'l-Baha's presence in Bristol. He sent his love and wished
them to know t