Unfolding Destiny

…If those heroic deeds have made such an impression upon you, would not the reading of the narrative arouse the friends to greater sacrifices and stimulate them to more intensive service? It was not mere physical torture that the friends in Persia had to endure but also moral persecution for they were cursed and vilified by all the people, especially when they ceased to defend themselves … the Master used to say sometimes that the western friends will be severely persecuted but theirs will be primarily moral….