icker. The day is coming when woman will claim her
superiority to man.

"Woman has everywhere been commended for her faithfulness. After the Lord
Christ suffered, the disciples wept, and gave way to their grief. They
thought that their hopes were shattered, and that the Cause was utterly
lost, till Mary Magdalene came to them and strengthened them saying: 'Do
you mourn the body of Our Lord or His Spirit? If you mourn His Spirit, you
are mistaken, for Jesus lives! His Spirit will never leave us!' Thus
through her wisdom and encouragement the Cause of Christ was upheld for
all the days to come. Her intuition enabled her to grasp the spiritual
fact."

'Abdu'l-Baha then added: "But in the sight of God sex makes no difference.
He or she is greatest who is nearest to God."

One morning 'Abdu'l-Baha, on entering the room looked about and said: "It
is just like a miracle, our being here together. There is no racial,
political or patriotic tie. We are drawn together by the words of
Baha'u'llah, and in like manner will all the races of the earth be drawn
together. Of this, rest assured!"

THE TRUE BAHA'I

"I have never heard of Baha'u'llah," said a young man. I have only
recently read about this movement, but I recognize the mission of
'Abdu'l-Baha and desire to be a disciple. I have always believed in the
brotherhood of man as the ultimate solvent of all our national and
international difficulties."

"It makes no difference whether you have ever heard of Baha'u'llah or
not," was the answer, "the man who lives the life according to the
teachings of Baha'u'llah is already a Baha'i. On the other hand a man may
call himself a Baha'i for fifty years and if he does not live the life he
is not a Baha'i. An ugly man may call himself handsome, but he deceives no
one, and a black man may call himself white yet he deceives no one: not
even himself!"

THE COMING OF PEACE

"By what process" continued the questioner, "will this peace on earth be
established? Will it come at once after a universal declaration of the
Truth?"

"No, it will come about gradually," said 'Abdu'l-Baha. "A plant that grows
too quickly lasts but a short time. You are my family" and he looked about
with a smile, "my new children! if a family lives in unison, great results
are obtained. Widen the circle; when a city lives in intimate accord
greater results will follow, and a continent that is fully united will
likewise unite all other cont