Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

130 words

Question:

Are great calamities like this flood, the San Francisco earthquake, etc., caused by the wickedness of the people?

Translation:

Provisional translation

It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection

Translations (2)

DLA. Goodall, Helen S. and Cooper, Ella G. Daily Lessons received at Acca, January 1908. Bahá’í Publishing Society, 1908 and Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979. Pilgrim notes. Pagination refers to the 1979 edition. https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ

DLA.021-022

https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#026

https://bahai-library.com/goodall_cooper_daily_lessons