CHAPTER XVII
Renewal of Abdu'l- Baha's Incarceration
The outstanding accomplishments of a valiant and sorely- tested community, the first fruits of Baha'u'llah's newly established Covenant in the Western world, had laid a foundation sufficiently imposing to invite the presence of the appointed Center of that Covenant, Who had called that Community into being and watched, with such infinite care and foresight, over its budding destinies. Not until, however, Abdu'l- Baha had emerged from the severe crisis which had already for several years been holding Him in its toils could He undertake His memorable voyage to the shores of a continent where the rise and establishment of His Father's Faith had been signalized by such magnificent and enduring achievements. (263:1)

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