In the evening, 'Abdu'l-Baha addressed the white and colored
believers and their friends at the home of Mrs. Dyer, a member of the colored
race, and after the meeting He remarked:
"Before entering
the meeting I did not feel as if I would like to speak. But as soon as I saw
the unity and attraction of the colored and white believers, I became
interested and anxious and with perfect sincere love I spoke. I have compared
the harmony of the different colors to that of a pearl and ruby necklace."
(Reported by Dr. Zia Bagdadi, ‘Abdu’l-Baha in America’, April 24, 1912,
Washington DC, Star of the West, vol. 19, no. 2, May 1928)
