rayers. This is a most praiseworthy act, and bringeth joy to the
children's hearts: that they should, at every morn, turn their faces
toward the Kingdom and make mention of the Lord and praise His Name, and
in the sweetest of voices, chant and recite.

These children are even as young plants, and teaching them the prayers is
as letting the rain pour down upon them, that they may wax tender and
fresh, and the soft breezes of the love of God may blow over them, making
them to tremble with joy.

Blessedness awaiteth you, and a fair haven.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", Sec. 115, p. 139) [52]

"53: O thou steadfast in the Covenant!..."

O thou steadfast in the Covenant!

Your letter hath come and imparted great delight, with its word that,
praised be God, the youth of the Abha paradise are verdant and tender,
from showers scattered out of clouds of heavenly grace; that they thrive
and flourish in the April rains of heavenly guidance, and are progressing
day by day.

It is certain that each and every one of them will grow to be as a banner
of guidance, a symbol of the bestowals that come from the Realm of the
All-Glorious. They will be sweet-singing nightingales in the gardens of
knowledge, gazelles delicate and comely, roaming the plains of the love of
God. You must attach the greatest importance to the education of children,
for this is the foundation of the Law of God, and the bedrock of the
edifice of His Faith.

If it were known how much joy you have imparted through what hath been
done for the children, the believers would surely educate all their
children in the same way.

(From a Tablet--translated from the Persian) [53]

"54: O true companions!..."

O true companions!

All humankind are as children in a school, and the Dawning-Points of
Light, the Sources of divine revelation, are the teachers, wondrous and
without peer. In the school of realities they educate these sons and
daughters, according to teachings from God, and foster them in the bosom
of grace, so that they may develop along every line, show forth the
excellent gifts and blessings of the Lord, and combine human perfections;
that they may advance in all aspects of human endeavour, whether outward
or inward, hidden or visible, material or spiritual, until they make of
this mortal world a wide-spread mirror, to reflect that other world which
dieth not.

... Because, in this most momentous of ages, the Sun o