At the time His Holiness Jesus Christ was crucified, there
were eleven disciples and even they were doubting -- Peter heading them --
until Mary the Magdalene, that lioness of God, strengthened them and was the
cause of confirming them. Then consider how great were the results!
And now, His Holiness Baha’u’llah, when He ascended, had
half a million souls who were self-sacrificing and all were perfectly firm and
staunch! Consider what a marvelous potency this will exercise.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha,
from a talk, San Francisco, October 5, 1912; Star of the West, vol. 10, no. 13,
November 4, 1919) (To read the entire talk please visit: Talks of
‘Abdu’l-Baha)
