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113: O handmaid of God!… To the mothers must be … |
O handmaid of God!… To the mothers must be
given the divine Teachings and effective counsel, and they
must be encouraged and made eager to train their children,
for the mother is the first educator of the child. It is she who
must, at the very beginning, suckle the newborn at the
breast of God’s Faith and God’s Law, that divine love may
enter into him even with his mother’s milk, and be with
him till his final breath.
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So long as the mother faileth to train her children, and
start them on a proper way of life, the training which they
receive later on will not take its full effect. It is incumbent
upon the Spiritual Assemblies to provide the mothers with
a well-planned programme for the education of children,
showing how, from infancy, the child must be watched
over and taught. These instructions must be given to every
mother to serve her as a guide, so that each will train and
nurture her children in accordance with the Teachings.
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Thus will these young plants in the garden of God’s love
grow and flourish under the warmth of the Sun of Truth,
the gentle spring winds of Heaven, and their mother’s
guiding hand. Thus, in the Abhá Paradise, will each become
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a tree, bearing his clustered fruit, and each one, in this new
and wondrous season, out of the bounties of the spring, will
become possessed of all beauty and grace.
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