Visit to Lord Mayor-
At the express wish of the Lord Mayor, 'Abdu'l- Baha paid him a visit early one morning at the Mansion House. The talk turned chiefly upon the social conditions of great cities, and 'Abdu'l- Baha said that London was the best regulated city he had seen. (92:4)

He said: "Every man walking in the street is free as if he were in his own kingdom. There is a +F1 Compare: - "My Name is 'Abdu'l- Baha. My Reality is +F1 'Abdu'l- Baha: and Service to all the human race is my perpetual +F1 Religion.... 'Abdu'l- Baha is the Banner of the Most Great Peace +F1 ...The Herald of the Kingdom is he, so that he may awaken the +F1 people of the East and the West. The Voice of Friendship, of +F1 Truth, and of Reconciliation is he, quickening all regions. No +F1 name, no title will he ever have, except 'Abdu'l- Baha. This is my +F1 longing. This is my Supreme height. O ye friends of God! +F1 'Abdu'l- Baha is the manifestation of Service, and not Christ. The +F1 Servant of humanity is he, and not a chief. Summon ye the people +F1 to the station of Service of 'Abdu'l- Baha and not his Christhood." +F1 (From a letter sent to the friends in New York, January 1st, 1907.) great spiritual light in London. The effort made for justice is real and in this country the law is the same for the poor as for the rich." He took great interest in hearing of the care that is taken of prisoners as they leave jail, and spoke of the land being happy where the magistrates are as fathers to the people. (93:1)

Before 'Abdu'l- Baha left London, he went to an East- end hospital to visit there a young writer lying seriously ill, who was very anxious to see him. (93:2)

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