Tablet catalog
Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10
OOL 06 50141 Phelps: ABU 2109
ABU 2109•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10
130 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy.
DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914
DAS.1914-03-10
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=38
BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
BSC.449 #820
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
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_v08#09 p.116x
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_9
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_various p009
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_various.pdf
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#096
http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=117