a teacher of young Baha'is, young trees of
the Abha Paradise, and at the same time art able to benefit the other
children as well.

According to the explicit divine Text, teaching the children is
indispensable and obligatory. It followeth that teachers are servants of
the Lord God, since they have arisen to perform this task, which is the
same as worship. You must therefore offer praise with every breath, for
you are educating your spiritual children.

The spiritual father is greater than the physical one, for the latter
bestoweth but this world's life, whereas the former endoweth his child
with life everlasting. This is why, in the Law of God, teachers are listed
among the heirs.

Now you in reality have acquired all these spiritual children free and
gratis, and that is better than having physical children; for such
children are not grateful to their fathers, since they feel that the
father serveth them because he must--and therefore no matter what he doeth
for them, they pay it no mind. Spiritual children, however, are always
appreciative of their father's loving kindness. This verily is out of the
grace of thy Lord, the Beneficent.

(From a Tablet--translated from the Persian) [63]

"64: O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant!..."

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant!

Thou hast exerted strenuous efforts for the education of children and I
have been, and am, infinitely pleased with thee. Praise God, thou hast
been enabled to serve in this field, and it is certain that the
confirmations of the Abha Kingdom will encompass thee, and thou shalt
achieve prosperity and success.

Today the training and education of the believers' children is the
pre-eminent goal of the chosen. It is the same as servitude to the Sacred
Threshold and waiting upon the Blessed Beauty. Joyously, therefore, canst
thou pride thyself on this.

(From a Tablet--translated from the Persian) [64]

"65: O thou teacher of the children of the Kingdom!..."

O thou teacher of the children of the Kingdom!

Thou hast arisen to perform a service which would justly entitle thee to
vaunt thyself over all the teachers on earth. For the teachers of this
world make use of human education to develop the powers, whether spiritual
or material, of humankind, whilst thou art training these young plants in
the gardens of God according to the education of Heaven, and art giving
them the lessons of the Kingdom.

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