Devotional at Pacific Heights
By Pat Hall
Dimensions: 20″ x 34″
Quote / Inspiration:
“O ye friends of God! True friends are even as skilled physicians, and the Teachings of God are as healing balm, a medicine for the conscience of man. They clear the head, so that a man can breathe them in and delight in their sweet fragrance. They waken those who sleep. They bring awareness to the unheeding, and a portion to the outcast, and to the hopeless, hope.”
~ ‘Abdu’l-Baha“
Inspiration:
As there was no home where the group could meet, Miss Muther, Clarence Smith, and I would go on Saturday afternoons on the trolley car to Pacific Heights. There on the hilltop surrounded by nature, we would read together the Baháʼí prayers and Tablets which illumined our hearts and minds. Thus began the first Baháʼí meetings in Hawaii. On this day in April 1903, the first photograph of a Baháʼí meeting in the Pacific was taken. Mr. Yamamoto is on the left. Next is Mrs. Anna Bailey, a Baháʼí from Oakland, California, who joined the group that day. Next are Miss Elizabeth Muther and Miss Alexander, who was the first Baháʼí in the Pacific. Mr. Clarence Smith, Hawaiiʻs second believer, took the photograph.
Artist Information:
Pat Hall