Among those who visit 'Akká, some have made great forward strides. Lightless candles, they were set alight; withered, they began to bloom; dead, they were recalled to life and went home with tidings of great joy. 'Abdu'l-Bahá
. . .each pilgrim brings back information and suggestions of a most precious character, and it is the privilege of all the friends to share in the spiritual results of these visits. Shoghi Effendi
This two-volume series on pilgrims who visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land may be seen as a companion to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst, about 'Abdu'l-Bahá's three-year journey (1910-1913) to Egypt, Europe and North America. The present volume covers the time from 1897 until the Master's departure on His journey to the West, while the second volume begins with His return to Haifa at the end of 1913 and covers the time until His passing in 1921.
Virtually all pilgrims and many other visitors wrote down what 'Abdu'l-Bahá said, including many of His talks, both formal and informal. Their accounts provide a great wealth of stories that help illustrate who 'Abdu'l-Bahá was in the context of history and how he taught and interacted with others. Most of these accounts come from personal diaries and letters initially written in longhand, though many were later typed. They are to be considered 'pilgrims' notes', but are a fascinating and moving testimony to how 'Abdu'l-Bahá affected and transformed those He met, described in their own words.
PILGRIMS INCLUDE:
Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán
Alma Albertson
Arthur and Mary Agnew
Wellesca (Aseyeh) Allen-Dyar
Anne Apperson
Azíz'u'lláh Azízí
Laura Barney
May Bolles
Edith and Joseph de Bons
Thomas Breakwell
Isabella Brittingham
William Jennings Bryan
Madame De Canavarro
Thornton Chase
Stanwood Cobb
Helen Ellis Cole
Ella Cooper
Josephine Cowles de Lagnel
Grace Crockett
Charlotte, Louise and Eleanor Dixon
Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge
William and Wendell Dodge
Hipployte Dreyfus
Sarah Farmer
Frank Frank
Lua and Edward Getsinger
Ellen Goin
Ella Goodall
Helen Goodall
Julia Grundy
Anton Haddad
Mary Hanford Ford
Joseph and Pauline Hannen
Hooper Harris
Phoebe Hearst
Helen Hillyer
Emogene Hoagg
Anna Hoar
William Hoar
Herbert Hopper
Marion Jack
Edith Jackson
Florence and Ali-Kuli Khan
Yúnís Khán
Ibrahim Kheiralla
The Knobloch sisters
Edward and Carrie Kinney
Mary Lucas
May and Sutherland Maxwell
Howard and Mary MacNutt
Edith and Marie-Louise McKay
Susan Moody
Harlan Ober
Agnes Parsons
Julia Pearson
Margaret Peeke
Frances Phelps
Myron Phelps
Mason Remey
Ethel Rosenberg
Sigurd Russell
Edith Sanderson
Mary Scaramucci
Carl Scheffler
Sydney Sprague
Jean Stannard
Ethel Stefana Stevens
Howard Struven
Juliet Thompson
Harriet Thornburgh
Maryam Thornburgh-Cropper
Emma Tronvé
Corinne and Arna True
Robert Turner
Valíyu'lláh Varqá
Louise Waite
Jane Whyte
Roy and Laurie Wilhelm
George and Rosa Winterburn
Maria Wilson
Edwin Woodcock
