orts of the Faith of God. The mightiest of these is learning and the
use of the mind, the expansion of consciousness, and insight into the
realities of the universe and the hidden mysteries of Almighty God.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of
the friends of God. It is incumbent upon that Spiritual Assembly, that
assemblage of God, to exert every effort to educate the children, so that
from infancy they will be trained in Baha'i conduct and the ways of God,
and will, even as young plants, thrive and flourish in the soft-flowing
waters that are the counsels and admonitions of the Blessed Beauty.

98: WERE THERE NO EDUCATOR, ALL SOULS WOULD REMAIN ...

Were there no educator, all souls would remain savage, and were it not for
the teacher, the children would be ignorant creatures.

It is for this reason that, in this new cycle, education and training are
recorded in the Book of God as obligatory and not voluntary. That is, it
is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive with all
effort to train the daughter and the son, to nurse them from the breast of
knowledge and to rear them in the bosom of sciences and arts. Should they
neglect this matter, they shall be held responsible and worthy of reproach
in the presence of the stern Lord.

99: THOU DIDST WRITE AS TO THE CHILDREN: FROM THE VERY ...

Thou didst write as to the children: from the very beginning, the children
must receive divine education and must continually be reminded to remember
their God. Let the love of God pervade their inmost being, commingled with
their mother's milk.

100: MY WISH IS THAT THESE CHILDREN SHOULD RECEIVE A ...

My wish is that these children should receive a Baha'i education, so that
they may progress both here and in the Kingdom, and rejoice thy heart.

In a time to come, morals will degenerate to an extreme degree. It is
essential that children be reared in the Baha'i way, that they may find
happiness both in this world and the next. If not, they shall be beset by
sorrows and troubles, for human happiness is founded upon spiritual
behaviour.

101: O YE WHO HAVE PEACE OF SOUL! AMONG THE DIVINE ...

O ye who have peace of soul! Among the divine Texts as set forth in the
Most Holy Book and also in other Tablets is this: it is incumbent upon the
father and mother to train their children both in good conduct and the
study of books; study, that