August 31. On this date in 1868, the ship carrying Baha'u'llah and his companions arrived in Haifa.

 

August 31. On this date in 1868, the ship carrying Baha'u'llah and his companions arrived in Haifa.

As document in Chapter 10 of William Sears' book The Prisoner and the Kings, titled Akka...

On August 21, 1868, Baha'u'llah and His companions were taken on board an Austrian-Lloyd steamer bound for the Holy Land. The ship touched first at Modelli and Smyrna. At Alexandria, Baha'u'llah was transferred to another ship which stopped at Port Said and Jaffa.

On August 31, the vessel arrived at the port of Haifa. It anchored at sea below the foot of Mount Carmel, the "nest of the Prophets" and the "vinyard of God."

The Glory of God had come home at last!