ALL SERVICES THAT CAN POSSIBLY ...

Among the greatest of all services that can possibly be rendered by man to
Almighty God is the education and training of children, young plants of
the Abha Paradise, so that these children, fostered by grace in the way of
salvation, growing like pearls of divine bounty in the shell of education,
will one day bejewel the crown of abiding glory.

It is, however, very difficult to undertake this service, even harder to
succeed in it. I hope that thou wilt acquit thyself well in this most
important of tasks, and successfully carry the day, and become an ensign
of God's abounding grace; that these children, reared one and all in the
holy Teachings, will develop natures like unto the sweet airs that blow
across the gardens of the All-Glorious, and will waft their fragrance
around the world.

107: IT IS THE HOPE OF 'ABDU'L-BAHA THAT THOSE YOUTHFUL ...

It is the hope of 'Abdu'l-Baha that those youthful souls in the schoolroom
of the deeper knowledge will be tended by one who traineth them to love.
May they all, throughout the reaches of the spirit, learn well of the
hidden mysteries; so well that in the Kingdom of the All-Glorious, each
one of them, even as a nightingale endowed with speech, will cry out the
secrets of the Heavenly Realm, and like unto a longing lover pour forth
his sore need and utter want of the Beloved.

108: YE SHOULD CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF GOODLY ...

Ye should consider the question of goodly character as of the first
importance. It is incumbent upon every father and mother to counsel their
children over a long period, and guide them unto those things which lead
to everlasting honour.

Encourage ye the school children, from their earliest years, to deliver
speeches of high quality, so that in their leisure time they will engage
in giving cogent and effective talks, expressing themselves with clarity
and eloquence.

109: O YE RECIPIENTS OF THE FAVOURS OF GOD! IN THIS NEW ...

O ye recipients of the favours of God! In this new and wondrous Age, the
unshakeable foundation is the teaching of sciences and arts. According to
explicit Holy Texts, every child must be taught crafts and arts, to the
degree that is needful. Wherefore, in every city and village, schools must
be established and every child in that city or village is to engage in
study to the necessary degree.

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