July 26, 2025 • 20 mins
Delve into the fascinating life and journey of Thornton Chase, widely acknowledged as the first person of Western descent to embrace the Baháí Faith. Chase was a pivotal figure in organizing Baháí activities in Chicago and Los Angeles, making him a well-respected figure within the Baháí community. His 1907 pilgrimage to Akka profoundly impacted him, particularly his three-day encounter with `Abdul Bahá. So taken was `Abdul Bahá by Chases character, he bestowed upon him the title of Thábit, meaning steadfast. Upon his return, Chase penned his pilgrimage experiences, producing a richly detailed and emotive depiction of `Abdul-Bahás home, family, and personal demeanor in Akka. Published in 1908 as In Galilee, this insightful account stands as a notable contribution to the genre known as pilgrims notes.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Section six of In Galilee by Thornton Chase. This is
a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org.
Recording by Nicholas James Bridgewater. In Galilee by Thornton Chase,
(00:24):
Section six Lessons of Humility. One forenoon, Mirsa Assadullah came
to the room and talked of Abdul Baha's teaching of decomposition,
showing its great importance. Then came Mirza Hayder Ali, old
(00:47):
and wise, beautiful, smiling, happy, a man who has suffered captivity, slavery, imprisonment,
and chains everything but death for the cause. He talked
of the spiritual embryo and its growth, its five stations,
(01:08):
and the five possessions of each religion via a prophet,
a book, a law, a nation, and miracles. The real
birth of spiritual knowledge comes when it is perceived that
these essentials pertain alike to all of the great religions,
(01:28):
and that they all originated from the command of God.
Is it not true that in this birth lies the
realization of the fatherhood of God, the spiritual brotherhood of man,
and the foundation of universal peace. Those two wise old men,
(01:50):
Mersa hayder Ali and Mirza Assadullah were like children in
their happy, simple ways and evident a thing. Each called
the other his father, exalting the other's wisdom above his own.
Meres A hater Ali gave each of us some sugar
(02:11):
plums from his pocket, but overlooked Mirsa Assadullah, who sat
besides him on the divan, whereupon Mirsa Assadullah said he
thought his father did not treat his son very well.
Although these men have reached a maturity of knowledge far
beyond our perception. Yet Mersa hayder Ali said, now seeing
(02:38):
abdul Baha, you realize each by himself.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You see abdull Baha, and we also see abdull Baho.
You see, and we see as we tell you. So
you must tell us also what you see. You have
reached maturity, as you have advanced one foot. Still we
(03:05):
must be humble and say to others tell us. He
likened us to children in the Truth, just beginning to walk,
and said in the New Testament, it is related that
Christ received children and said, these are the children of
(03:29):
the Kingdom, because their hearts are pure and they speak
what learned men cannot speak in the first degree. All
are as children of the Kingdom. The difference between you
and us is that we came sooner than you, and
(03:49):
our faults are more because I could not do what
I ought to do during this time. I know, and
I ECPs breast myself. But you come newly. All Bahais
are one person. Now you try to spread the cause
(04:11):
so that God may forgive our laziness. Everywhere among the
friends at Aka Haifa, Port Saide, Alexandria and Cairo, we
were given lessons of humility, simple loving service, unselfishness and happiness.
(04:33):
In living the life of the Kingdom, there is no
ostentation or striving for effect, but courtesies and offerings a flower,
a cup of tea, a bit of candy, carrying a parcel,
or doing some service are blended with such a simple
(04:55):
affectionate spirit that they charm and attract and are in
harmony with that wonderful spiritual aura of peace and love
which pervades all meetings of the friends in the Orient.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Incidents. One morning, Abdul Baha came to our room, asked
how we were and how we had rested. His face
was wonderfully clear and shining fresh like water. He invited
us to come into his room adjoining. It was small
(05:32):
and plainly furnished with iron bed table and divon. He
gave each of us a photograph of the castle of
mah Ku in Persia, where the bob had been confined.
At my request, he took my large fountain pen and
wrote on the back of each picture a gift from
(05:54):
Abdul Baha. Then, looking at the pen, he said, the
battle axe must fit the hand of the wielder. Mirza
Assadullah suggested one day that we say to Abdul Baha
that we would like to have that dinner a commemoration
of the House of Spirituality, then the next day's meal
(06:18):
in memory of the New York Council Board, and then
each following day of one of the associations or bodies
of believers, then of each of the friends singly, and
thus we would be enabled to stay there indefinitely, commemorating
the friends. So at dinner he told the Master that
(06:40):
we wished to hold that meal in commemoration of the
House of Spirituality. Abdul Baha replied, yes, and of all
in America. Thus our scheme was completed in one day,
but he went on and gave us an instruction of
the unity of all, and said that as one is
(07:03):
a representative of many in a parliament or congress, and
as all are waves of one, see so it seemed
to him a reality that all the American believers were
there present with him at the table. He said he
would like to see the faces of them all, but
(07:23):
that all were with him in spirit, and it was
not necessary that the faces should be seen. The last day,
there the ladies of the household came and talked with
us through an open doorway. They told us how, owing
to the customs of the country, they were like caged birds,
(07:45):
unable to fly abroad and sing the praises of God,
that they could only work within the walls and beseech
God with their prayers for the success and spreading of
His word throughout the world. They asked us to carry
the message of their condition, their love, their hopes, and
(08:06):
prayers to their sisters in America, and ask them to
so strive and work that they might accomplish not only
their own duty in the cause of God, but also
that of the helpless ones in the Orient. Always there
arises this idea of the oneness of mankind. If one
(08:27):
fails to accomplish what he should do is prevented or unable,
then it becomes the duty of others to do so
much more than their own duty, that there may be
no loss because of the lack of others. In other words,
that the duty of all is the duty of each,
(08:47):
and that each is responsible for the results of all,
just as one member of the body should do its
utmost to assist and to atone for the failure of
any other member. This is true, true vicarious atonement, arising
from the innate oneness of the human race, a heavenly
(09:08):
atmosphere at Akka. Nothing in appearance is marvelous. All is simple, direct, natural,
without effort or preparation. Yet the effect is deep, strong,
and wonderful, because all that is said or done is
(09:30):
an expression of complete assurance in the truth of God,
entire reliance upon his guidance, devotion to his will, and
love for his service. This certainty of rightness, this abnegation
of self in favor of God and his will as
(09:53):
expressed through his messengers and servants, causes a simplicity and
power which penetrates the hearts and kindles in them. Quenchless
flames of love, service, and unity, the triune heavenly oneness,
(10:13):
which shall make them at one with God, with the universe,
and with himself. These are the subjects of interest with Abdulbahal.
These are the matters which cause the fragrant spiritual atmosphere,
the breathing of which brings heaven on earth. In his presence,
(10:36):
faith in God, in the power of good, in the
victory of the spirit, became confirmed. Confidence was supreme in
the impregnable certainty of the cause of God. The feeling
possessed us that the day of God's triumph was shining,
that we were admitted as humble factors in His work
(10:59):
of gladness, and that the might of man's bondage to
the tyranny of self was being illumined by the glory
of God. Fear and trembling vanished, prayer and pray sang
joyously within us. In his presence. We realized that we
(11:20):
were at the threshold of the Kingdom of God, and
that the spiritual fragrance of the court of nearness to
Him poured forth through that door of selfless service to
purge and purify the dense atmosphere of mankind. I took
a picture of the old stone steps leading to that
(11:41):
upper chamber. After our return to Chicago. I showed it
to mister Scheffler. He said, those are the steps up
to heaven, and he was right. Heaven is a condition,
and it exists there. To this servant, it was as
if he were immersed in an ocean of fragrance and peace,
(12:05):
as if one were breathing a rich atmosphere and drowned
in a fragrant ether which penetrated through and through to
the centers of beings. This atmosphere is a reality. It
has been mentioned by many, and it is not an imagination,
nor is it due to excitement or enthusiasm. It is
(12:29):
a cognizable fact which enters the life and remains with
him who strives to do the will of God. The
presence of the Holy Spirit as a perceptible soul, tangible
actuality cannot be denied. It is there at Akka in force.
It is felt by everyone in some degree, even by
(12:53):
opposers and strangers. It is a great shield of protection
which defends the cause of God forever, even though that
defense may not always be in accord with the desires
of the faithful. God's ways are not our ways. The
whole thought was of spiritual things, conditions and progress. The
(13:18):
unity and brotherhood of men and peoples was the frequent consideration,
always from a spiritual point of view. This talking and
thinking constantly of heavenly things causes great delight, peace, love,
and longing for service possessed us. Nothing visible caused that
(13:40):
happiness within those walls. It is simply and truly the
presence there of the Holy Spirit of God in overwhelming power.
This sweet aroma of the spirit radiates from that fountain
of love for humanity, which pours forth so far freely,
(14:01):
so impersonally, so universally, for every soul that is wanting love.
They come from every land, from every religion, from all
kinds of training, each with his little cup or larger bowl,
seeking answer to his quest. Pilgrims from all over the world,
(14:21):
coming to that center of the covenant of love, a
man outwardly like themselves. And after a week, a day,
or an hour, they return to their distant homes, all
filled with love, most of their questions unasked and forgotten,
(14:41):
curious no longer, but satisfied and overflowing with love to
the human race, and a great longing to bear the
word of revelation to their friends, and to serve every
creature of God, without regard to family, race, or religion.
The inexpressible happiness of the Spirit possesses each one of them,
(15:06):
and he wants the whole world to have it. The
most visible effect of that power is in the lives
of the believers everywhere, the pilgrims from every land, and
the children. Such children I have never seen so courteous, unselfish,
(15:26):
and swiftly self denying in the little things that children love,
such as toys, candies, fruit, etc. Wherever there were believers,
we found courteous, gentle loving, earnest people, looking only for
opportunities to serve one another. This effect upon the lives
(15:50):
of all in those countries who come in contact with
this revelation, no matter from what nation, religion, or clime,
proves it its universal and mighty power. And this is
exactly its claim that it is for the removal of
differences and bringing the whole world into a unity of faith,
(16:14):
love and service. It is accomplishing this among all peoples,
and if it shall so transform the few, it demonstrates
its power. And thus it shall go on changing the
hearts and lives of all who come under its influence,
until all the world shall be as one great family,
(16:36):
dwelling in its heavenly earthly home. Herein is the oneness
of mankind demonstrated that all these varieties of men, each
with different views, different methods of thought, different conceptions of religion,
and opposing tendencies, after one draft, at this Fountain of
(16:59):
Instruction of the Tenets of Love, fall upon each other's necks,
embrace with tears of joy, and go their way, like
children of one family, new born into the Kingdom of Heaven.
All the differences are forgotten and are seen at their
true value as of no importance compared to the great truth,
(17:23):
the oneness and fatherhood of God, the oneness and brotherhood
of men. Each one of them becomes a missionary of peace.
The heart of each has enlarged to embrace the whole world,
even his enemies. Each sends his thoughts of goodwill and
(17:44):
good wishes to other peoples than he called his own.
His own is forgotten in his desire for the good
of the whole. Yet he neglects not those near to him,
for to them he can give service and by service
he must express his love. Has such a condition as
(18:06):
this been ever witnessed in the world before. While each
nation has confined within its own boundary lines, each state
a law unto itself, each religion a barbarism to all
but its little circle of adherents, men could not meet together,
(18:27):
could not know each other, and much less could they
learn to love the stranger and the enemy. These conditions
of acquaintance, of knowledge, of respect, and of love have
been made possible in this age through the wonderful inventions,
(18:47):
the advances in means of transportation, the rapid conveyance of information,
the uses of steam and electricity, and those discoveries all
of the last half century which have leveled the mountains,
raised the valleys, made the whole earth a highway for
(19:08):
the dissemination of knowledge, wherein no wayfarer needs to air.
These conditions could not be until the coming of that
day of God, which was promised by God's prophets Age
after age, that day wherein the old Earth and heaven
(19:31):
should pass away like a scroll that is read and finished,
and a new earth should be created in order that
a new heaven should be also created thereon, How blind
is he who cannot see the hand of more than
man in all these wonders. End of section six. Recording
(19:56):
by Nicholas James Bridgewater, recorded in Life, London, England,
Section six of In Galilee by Thornton Chase. This is
a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org.
Recording by Nicholas James Bridgewater. In Galilee by Thornton Chase,
(00:24):
Section six Lessons of Humility. One forenoon, Mirsa Assadullah came
to the room and talked of Abdul Baha's teaching of decomposition,
showing its great importance. Then came Mirza Hayder Ali, old
(00:47):
and wise, beautiful, smiling, happy, a man who has suffered captivity, slavery, imprisonment,
and chains everything but death for the cause. He talked
of the spiritual embryo and its growth, its five stations,
(01:08):
and the five possessions of each religion via a prophet,
a book, a law, a nation, and miracles. The real
birth of spiritual knowledge comes when it is perceived that
these essentials pertain alike to all of the great religions,
(01:28):
and that they all originated from the command of God.
Is it not true that in this birth lies the
realization of the fatherhood of God, the spiritual brotherhood of man,
and the foundation of universal peace. Those two wise old men,
(01:50):
Mersa hayder Ali and Mirza Assadullah were like children in
their happy, simple ways and evident a thing. Each called
the other his father, exalting the other's wisdom above his own.
Meres A hater Ali gave each of us some sugar
(02:11):
plums from his pocket, but overlooked Mirsa Assadullah, who sat
besides him on the divan, whereupon Mirsa Assadullah said he
thought his father did not treat his son very well.
Although these men have reached a maturity of knowledge far
beyond our perception. Yet Mersa hayder Ali said, now seeing
(02:38):
abdul Baha, you realize each by himself.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
You see abdull Baha, and we also see abdull Baho.
You see, and we see as we tell you. So
you must tell us also what you see. You have
reached maturity, as you have advanced one foot. Still we
(03:05):
must be humble and say to others tell us. He
likened us to children in the Truth, just beginning to walk,
and said in the New Testament, it is related that
Christ received children and said, these are the children of
(03:29):
the Kingdom, because their hearts are pure and they speak
what learned men cannot speak in the first degree. All
are as children of the Kingdom. The difference between you
and us is that we came sooner than you, and
(03:49):
our faults are more because I could not do what
I ought to do during this time. I know, and
I ECPs breast myself. But you come newly. All Bahais
are one person. Now you try to spread the cause
(04:11):
so that God may forgive our laziness. Everywhere among the
friends at Aka Haifa, Port Saide, Alexandria and Cairo, we
were given lessons of humility, simple loving service, unselfishness and happiness.
(04:33):
In living the life of the Kingdom, there is no
ostentation or striving for effect, but courtesies and offerings a flower,
a cup of tea, a bit of candy, carrying a parcel,
or doing some service are blended with such a simple
(04:55):
affectionate spirit that they charm and attract and are in
harmony with that wonderful spiritual aura of peace and love
which pervades all meetings of the friends in the Orient.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Incidents. One morning, Abdul Baha came to our room, asked
how we were and how we had rested. His face
was wonderfully clear and shining fresh like water. He invited
us to come into his room adjoining. It was small
(05:32):
and plainly furnished with iron bed table and divon. He
gave each of us a photograph of the castle of
mah Ku in Persia, where the bob had been confined.
At my request, he took my large fountain pen and
wrote on the back of each picture a gift from
(05:54):
Abdul Baha. Then, looking at the pen, he said, the
battle axe must fit the hand of the wielder. Mirza
Assadullah suggested one day that we say to Abdul Baha
that we would like to have that dinner a commemoration
of the House of Spirituality, then the next day's meal
(06:18):
in memory of the New York Council Board, and then
each following day of one of the associations or bodies
of believers, then of each of the friends singly, and
thus we would be enabled to stay there indefinitely, commemorating
the friends. So at dinner he told the Master that
(06:40):
we wished to hold that meal in commemoration of the
House of Spirituality. Abdul Baha replied, yes, and of all
in America. Thus our scheme was completed in one day,
but he went on and gave us an instruction of
the unity of all, and said that as one is
(07:03):
a representative of many in a parliament or congress, and
as all are waves of one, see so it seemed
to him a reality that all the American believers were
there present with him at the table. He said he
would like to see the faces of them all, but
(07:23):
that all were with him in spirit, and it was
not necessary that the faces should be seen. The last day,
there the ladies of the household came and talked with
us through an open doorway. They told us how, owing
to the customs of the country, they were like caged birds,
(07:45):
unable to fly abroad and sing the praises of God,
that they could only work within the walls and beseech
God with their prayers for the success and spreading of
His word throughout the world. They asked us to carry
the message of their condition, their love, their hopes, and
(08:06):
prayers to their sisters in America, and ask them to
so strive and work that they might accomplish not only
their own duty in the cause of God, but also
that of the helpless ones in the Orient. Always there
arises this idea of the oneness of mankind. If one
(08:27):
fails to accomplish what he should do is prevented or unable,
then it becomes the duty of others to do so
much more than their own duty, that there may be
no loss because of the lack of others. In other words,
that the duty of all is the duty of each,
(08:47):
and that each is responsible for the results of all,
just as one member of the body should do its
utmost to assist and to atone for the failure of
any other member. This is true, true vicarious atonement, arising
from the innate oneness of the human race, a heavenly
(09:08):
atmosphere at Akka. Nothing in appearance is marvelous. All is simple, direct, natural,
without effort or preparation. Yet the effect is deep, strong,
and wonderful, because all that is said or done is
(09:30):
an expression of complete assurance in the truth of God,
entire reliance upon his guidance, devotion to his will, and
love for his service. This certainty of rightness, this abnegation
of self in favor of God and his will as
(09:53):
expressed through his messengers and servants, causes a simplicity and
power which penetrates the hearts and kindles in them. Quenchless
flames of love, service, and unity, the triune heavenly oneness,
(10:13):
which shall make them at one with God, with the universe,
and with himself. These are the subjects of interest with Abdulbahal.
These are the matters which cause the fragrant spiritual atmosphere,
the breathing of which brings heaven on earth. In his presence,
(10:36):
faith in God, in the power of good, in the
victory of the spirit, became confirmed. Confidence was supreme in
the impregnable certainty of the cause of God. The feeling
possessed us that the day of God's triumph was shining,
that we were admitted as humble factors in His work
(10:59):
of gladness, and that the might of man's bondage to
the tyranny of self was being illumined by the glory
of God. Fear and trembling vanished, prayer and pray sang
joyously within us. In his presence. We realized that we
(11:20):
were at the threshold of the Kingdom of God, and
that the spiritual fragrance of the court of nearness to
Him poured forth through that door of selfless service to
purge and purify the dense atmosphere of mankind. I took
a picture of the old stone steps leading to that
(11:41):
upper chamber. After our return to Chicago. I showed it
to mister Scheffler. He said, those are the steps up
to heaven, and he was right. Heaven is a condition,
and it exists there. To this servant, it was as
if he were immersed in an ocean of fragrance and peace,
(12:05):
as if one were breathing a rich atmosphere and drowned
in a fragrant ether which penetrated through and through to
the centers of beings. This atmosphere is a reality. It
has been mentioned by many, and it is not an imagination,
nor is it due to excitement or enthusiasm. It is
(12:29):
a cognizable fact which enters the life and remains with
him who strives to do the will of God. The
presence of the Holy Spirit as a perceptible soul, tangible
actuality cannot be denied. It is there at Akka in force.
It is felt by everyone in some degree, even by
(12:53):
opposers and strangers. It is a great shield of protection
which defends the cause of God forever, even though that
defense may not always be in accord with the desires
of the faithful. God's ways are not our ways. The
whole thought was of spiritual things, conditions and progress. The
(13:18):
unity and brotherhood of men and peoples was the frequent consideration,
always from a spiritual point of view. This talking and
thinking constantly of heavenly things causes great delight, peace, love,
and longing for service possessed us. Nothing visible caused that
(13:40):
happiness within those walls. It is simply and truly the
presence there of the Holy Spirit of God in overwhelming power.
This sweet aroma of the spirit radiates from that fountain
of love for humanity, which pours forth so far freely,
(14:01):
so impersonally, so universally, for every soul that is wanting love.
They come from every land, from every religion, from all
kinds of training, each with his little cup or larger bowl,
seeking answer to his quest. Pilgrims from all over the world,
(14:21):
coming to that center of the covenant of love, a
man outwardly like themselves. And after a week, a day,
or an hour, they return to their distant homes, all
filled with love, most of their questions unasked and forgotten,
(14:41):
curious no longer, but satisfied and overflowing with love to
the human race, and a great longing to bear the
word of revelation to their friends, and to serve every
creature of God, without regard to family, race, or religion.
The inexpressible happiness of the Spirit possesses each one of them,
(15:06):
and he wants the whole world to have it. The
most visible effect of that power is in the lives
of the believers everywhere, the pilgrims from every land, and
the children. Such children I have never seen so courteous, unselfish,
(15:26):
and swiftly self denying in the little things that children love,
such as toys, candies, fruit, etc. Wherever there were believers,
we found courteous, gentle loving, earnest people, looking only for
opportunities to serve one another. This effect upon the lives
(15:50):
of all in those countries who come in contact with
this revelation, no matter from what nation, religion, or clime,
proves it its universal and mighty power. And this is
exactly its claim that it is for the removal of
differences and bringing the whole world into a unity of faith,
(16:14):
love and service. It is accomplishing this among all peoples,
and if it shall so transform the few, it demonstrates
its power. And thus it shall go on changing the
hearts and lives of all who come under its influence,
until all the world shall be as one great family,
(16:36):
dwelling in its heavenly earthly home. Herein is the oneness
of mankind demonstrated that all these varieties of men, each
with different views, different methods of thought, different conceptions of religion,
and opposing tendencies, after one draft, at this Fountain of
(16:59):
Instruction of the Tenets of Love, fall upon each other's necks,
embrace with tears of joy, and go their way, like
children of one family, new born into the Kingdom of Heaven.
All the differences are forgotten and are seen at their
true value as of no importance compared to the great truth,
(17:23):
the oneness and fatherhood of God, the oneness and brotherhood
of men. Each one of them becomes a missionary of peace.
The heart of each has enlarged to embrace the whole world,
even his enemies. Each sends his thoughts of goodwill and
(17:44):
good wishes to other peoples than he called his own.
His own is forgotten in his desire for the good
of the whole. Yet he neglects not those near to him,
for to them he can give service and by service
he must express his love. Has such a condition as
(18:06):
this been ever witnessed in the world before. While each
nation has confined within its own boundary lines, each state
a law unto itself, each religion a barbarism to all
but its little circle of adherents, men could not meet together,
(18:27):
could not know each other, and much less could they
learn to love the stranger and the enemy. These conditions
of acquaintance, of knowledge, of respect, and of love have
been made possible in this age through the wonderful inventions,
(18:47):
the advances in means of transportation, the rapid conveyance of information,
the uses of steam and electricity, and those discoveries all
of the last half century which have leveled the mountains,
raised the valleys, made the whole earth a highway for
(19:08):
the dissemination of knowledge, wherein no wayfarer needs to air.
These conditions could not be until the coming of that
day of God, which was promised by God's prophets Age
after age, that day wherein the old Earth and heaven
(19:31):
should pass away like a scroll that is read and finished,
and a new earth should be created in order that
a new heaven should be also created thereon, How blind
is he who cannot see the hand of more than
man in all these wonders. End of section six. Recording
(19:56):
by Nicholas James Bridgewater, recorded in Life, London, England,
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