In thy school, instruct thou God's children in the customs
of the Kingdom. Be thou a teacher of love, in a school of unity. Train thou the
children of the friends of the Merciful in the rules and ways of His
loving-kindness. Tend the young trees of the Abha Paradise with the welling
waters of His grace and peace and joy. Make them to flourish under the downpour
of His bounty. Strive with all thy powers that the children may stand out and
grow fresh, delicate, and sweet, like the ideal trees in the gardens of Heaven.
All these gifts and bounties depend upon love for the Beauty
of the All-Glorious, and on the blessings in the teachings of the Most High,
and the spiritual instructions of the Supreme Concourse, and on ecstasy and
ardour and diligent pursuit of whatsoever will redound to the eternal honour of
the community of man.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, ‘The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education’)
