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Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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Pages 123-124
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94: O handmaids of the beauty of Abhá! Your letter ...
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O handmaids of the beauty of Abhá! Your letter hath come, and its perusal brought great joy. Praised be
God, the women believers have organized meetings where
they will learn how to teach the Faith, will spread the sweet
savours of the Teachings and make plans for training the
children.
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This gathering must be completely spiritual. That is, the
discussions must be confined to marshalling clear and conclusive
proofs that the Sun of Truth hath indeed arisen.
And further, those present should concern themselves with
every means of training the girl children; with teaching the
various branches of knowledge, good behaviour, a proper
way of life, the cultivation of a good character, chastity and
constancy, perseverance, strength, determination, firmness
of purpose; with household management, the education of
children, and whatever especially applieth to the needs of
girls--to the end that these girls, reared in the stronghold
of all perfections, and with the protection of a goodly
character, will, when they themselves become mothers,
bring up their children from earliest infancy to have a good
character and conduct themselves well.
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Let them also study whatever will nurture the health of
the body and its physical soundness, and how to guard their
children from disease.
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When matters are thus well arranged, every child will
become a peerless plant in the gardens of the Abhá Paradise.
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