Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Miss Barney, spoken around 1900-10-19

390 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

Grace and welcome unto you. I wish you not the temporal strength of the passing body... Your faith comes like rain; the first drops are far between

Translations (3)

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v07#16 p.149-150

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1900 p004

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=4

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#181

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=56