Ella goodall cooper biography of barack
In Ella Goodall married Charles Miner Cooper, M.D. 'Abdu'l-Bahá blessed this union, and theirs was a life—long devotion.
Ella Frances Goodall was of an influential, well-known California family.!
The mystical spiritual bond between the Master and Shoghi Effendi
Ella Goodall Cooper, an early American Baha’i who along with her mother, Helen Goodall, went to Akka as pilgrims in 1899 and 1908, wrote the following touching account:
One day...I had joined the ladies of the Family in the room of the Greatest Holy Leaf for early morning tea, the beloved Master was sitting in His favorite corner of the divan where, through the window on His right, He could look over the ramparts and see the blue Mediterranean beyond.
One day...I had joined the ladies of the Family in the room of the Greatest Holy Leaf for early morning tea, the beloved Master was sitting in His favorite corner of the divan where, through the window on His right, He could look over the ramparts and see the blue Mediterranean beyond.
He was busy writing Tablets, and the quiet peace of the room was broken only by the bubble of the samovar, where one of the young maidservants, sitting on the floor before it, was brewing the tea.
Presently the Master looked up from His writing with a smile, and requested Ziyyih Khanum to chant a prayer.
As she finished, a small figure appeared in the open doorway, directly opposite 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Having dropped off his shoes he stepped into the room, with his