aha'u'llah. They tried to stir up
dissensions among the believers, and, failing in that, proceeded to make
various false charges against 'Abdu'l-Baha to the Turkish Government.

In accordance with instructions received from His father, 'Abdu'l-Baha was
erecting a building on the side of Mount Carmel, above Haifa, which was
intended to be the permanent resting-place of the remains of the Bab, and
also to contain a number of rooms for meetings and services. They
represented to the authorities that this building was intended as a fort,
and that 'Abdu'l-Baha and His followers meant to entrench themselves
there, defy the Government, and endeavor to gain possession of the
neighboring region of Syria.

Strict Imprisonment Renewed

In consequence of this and other equally unfounded charges, in 1901,
'Abdu'l-Baha and His family, who for more than twenty years had been
allowed the freedom of the country for some miles around Akka, were again,
for over seven years, strictly confined within the walls of the prison
city. This did not prevent Him, however, from effectively spreading the
Baha'i message through Asia, Europe and America. Mr. Horace Holley writes
of this period as follows:--

To 'Abdu'l-Baha, as a teacher and friend, came men and women from
every race, religion and nation, to sit at his table like favored
guests, questioning him about the social, spiritual or moral
program each had most at heart; and after a stay lasting from a
few hours to many months, returning home, inspired, renewed and
enlightened. The world surely never possessed such a guest-house
as this.

Within its doors the rigid castes of India melted away, the racial
prejudice of Jew, Christian and Muhammadan became less than a
memory; and every convention save the essential law of warm hearts
and aspiring minds broke down, banned and forbidden by the
unifying sympathy of the master of the house. It was like a King
Arthur and the Round Table ... but an Arthur who knighted women as
well as men, and sent them away not with the sword but with the
Word.--The Modern Social Religion, Horace Holley, p. 171.

During these years 'Abdu'l-Baha cared on an enormous correspondence with
believers and inquirers in all parts of the world. In this work He was
greatly assisted by His daughters and also by several interpreters and
secretaries.

Much of His time was spent in visiting the sick and