ivities continued with little abatement despite
increasing bodily weakness and weariness up till the last day or two of
His life. On Friday, November 25, 1921, He attended the noonday prayer at
the Mosque in Haifa, and afterwards distributed alms to the poor with His
own hands, as was His wont. After lunch He dictated some letters. When He
had rested He walked in the garden and had a talk with the gardener. In
the evening He gave His blessing and counsel to a loved and faithful
servant of the household who had been married that day, and afterwards He
attended the usual meeting of the friends in His own salon. Less that
three days later, about 1:30 A.M. on Monday, November 28, He passed away
so peacefully that, to the two daughters watching by His bedside, it
seemed as if He had gone quietly to sleep.

The sad news soon spread throughout the town and was flashed over the
wires to all parts of the world. The next morning (Tuesday, November 29)
the funeral took place:

... a funeral the like of which Haifa, nay Palestine itself, had
surely never seen ... so deep was the feeling that brought so many
thousands of mourners together, representative of so many
religions, races and tongues.

The High Commissioner, Sir Herbert Samuel, the Governor or
Jerusalem, the Governor of Phoenicia, the Chief Officials of the
Government, the Consuls of the various countries, resident in
Haifa, the heads of the various religious communities, the
notables of Palestine, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Druses,
Egyptians, Greeks, Turks, Kurds, and a host of his American,
European and native friends, men, women and children, both of high
and low degree ... all, about ten thousand in number, mourning the
loss of their Beloved One....

"O God, my God!" the people wailed with one accord, "Our father
has left us, our father has left us!" ... they slowly wended their
way up Mount Carmel, the Vineyard of God.... After two hours'
walking, they reached the garden of the Tomb of the Bab.... As the
vast concourse pressed round ... representatives of the various
denominations, Moslems, Christians and Jews, all hearts being
ablaze with fervent love of 'Abdu'l-Baha, some on the impulse of
the moment, other prepared, raised their voices in eulogy and
regret, paying their last homage of farewell to their loved one.
So united were they in their acclamation of him, as