| 1 | Thy letter was received.  Praise be to God it imparted the good news of thy health and safety and indicated 
that thou art ready to enter an agricultural school.  
This is highly suitable.  Strive as much as possible to become 
proficient in the science of agriculture, for in accordance 
with the divine teachings the acquisition of sciences and the 
perfection of arts are considered acts of worship.  If a man 
engageth with all his power in the acquisition of a science 
or in the perfection of an art, it is as if he has been worshipping 
God in churches and temples.  Thus as thou enterest 
 
a school of agriculture and strivest in the acquisition of that 
science thou art day and night engaged in acts of worship--
acts that are accepted at the threshold of the Almighty.  
What bounty greater than this that science should be considered 
as an act of worship and art as service to the Kingdom 
of God. |