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.
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.
Let them also study whatever will nurture the health of the
body and its physical soundness, and how to guard their children from disease.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
