nd of teaching will be that it will attract the
blessings of God, and make manifest the perfections of man.

Hold thou fast to this kind of teaching, for the fruits of it will be very
great. The children must, from their infancy, be raised to be spiritual
and godly Baha'is. If such be their training, they will remain safe from
every test.

(From a Tablet--translated from the Persian) [65]

"66: O ye recipients of the favours of God!..."

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.

It followeth that whatever soul shall offer his aid to bring this about
will assuredly be accepted at the Heavenly Threshold, and extolled by the
Company on High.

Since ye have striven hard toward this all important end, it is my hope
that ye will reap your reward from the Lord of clear tokens and signs, and
that the glances of heavenly grace will turn your way.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", Sec. 109, pp. 134-35)
[66]

"67: O ye of high resolve and noble aims!..."

O ye of high resolve and noble aims!

Your letter was eloquent, its contents original and sensitively expressed,
and it betokened your great and praiseworthy efforts to educate the
children, both girls and boys. This is among the most important of all
human endeavours. Every possible means of education must be made available
to Baha'i children, tender plants of the divine garden, for in this
consisteth the illumination of humankind.

Praised be God, the friends in I_sh_qabad have laid a solid foundation, an
unassailable base. It was in the City of Love that the first Baha'i House
of Worship was erected; and today in this city the means for the education
of children are also being developed, inasmuch as even during the war
years this duty was not neglected, and indeed deficiencies were made up
for. Now must ye widen the scope of your endeavours and draw up plans to
establish schools for higher education, so that the City of Love will
become the Baha'i focal centre for science and the arts. Thanks to the
bountiful assistance of the Blessed Beauty, means for this will be
provided.

Devo