through that Dominion
obtained the utmost joy. Before My departure, many souls warned Me not to
travel to Montreal, saying, the majority of the inhabitants are Catholics,
and are in the utmost fanaticism, that they are submerged in the sea of
imitations, that they have not the capability to hearken to the call of
the Kingdom of God, that the veil of bigotry has so covered the eyes that
they have deprived themselves from beholding the signs of the Most Great
Guidance, and that the dogmas have taken possession of the hearts
entirely, leaving no trace of reality. They asserted that should the Sun
of Reality shine with perfect splendor throughout that Dominion, the dark,
impenetrable clouds of superstitions have so enveloped the horizon that it
would be utterly impossible for anyone to behold its rays.

4 But these stories did not have any effect on the resolution of
'Abdu'l-Baha. He, trusting in God, turned his face toward Montreal. When
he entered that city he observed all the doors open, he found the hearts
in the utmost receptivity and the ideal power of the Kingdom of God
removing every obstacle and obstruction. In the churches and meetings of
that Dominion he called men to the Kingdom of God with the utmost joy, and
scattered such seeds which will be irrigated with the hand of divine
power. Undoubtedly those seeds will grow, becoming green and verdant, and
many rich harvests will be gathered. In the promotion of the divine
principles he found no antagonist and no adversary. The believers he met
in that city were in the utmost spirituality, and attracted with the
fragrances of God. He found that through the effort of the maidservant of
God Mrs. Maxwell a number of the sons and daughters of the Kingdom in that
Dominion were gathered together and associated with each other, increasing
this joyous exhilaration day by day. The time of sojourn was limited to a
number of days, but the results in the future are inexhaustible. When a
farmer comes into the possession of a virgin soil, in a short time he will
bring under cultivation a large field. Therefore I hope that in the future
Montreal may become so stirred, that the melody of the Kingdom may travel
to all parts of the world from that Dominion and the breaths of the Holy
Spirit may spread from that center to the East and the West of America.

5 O ye believers of God! Be not concerned with the smallness of your
numbers, neither be oppressed by the multitude of an unbelievin