122: AS TO THY QUESTION REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF ...

As to thy question regarding the education of children: it behoveth thee

to nurture them at the breast of the love of God, and urge them onward to

the things of the spirit, that they may turn their faces unto God; that

their ways may conform to the rules of good conduct and their character be

second to none; that they make their own all the graces and praiseworthy

qualities of humankind; acquire a sound knowledge of the various branches

of learning, so that from the very beginning of life they may become

spiritual beings, dwellers in the Kingdom, enamoured of the sweet breaths

of holiness, and may receive an education religious, spiritual, and of the

Heavenly Realm. Verily will I call upon God to grant them a happy outcome

in this.

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