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Date 1912-12-24, sorted by firsts, descending

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1912 24 Dec
191-		 `Abdu'l-Bahá received many expensive Christmas gifts; He turned them all away by returning them and asking the donors to sell them and give the money to the poor.
  • That evening He visited the Salvation Army Shelter in Westminster. That night there were 1,000 men present. After His talk He departed but not before leaving twenty gold sovereigns and many handfuls of silver with Col Spencer for a similar dinner to be held on New Year's Eve. [ABTM282-283]
    		• `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charity and relief work; Gifts; London, England; United Kingdom
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