As to the
terminology I used in my letter, bidding thee to consecrate thyself to service
in the Cause of God, the meaning of it is this: limit thy thoughts to teaching
the Faith. Act by day and night according to the teachings and counsels and
admonitions of Bahá’u’lláh. This doth not preclude marriage. Thou canst take
unto thyself a husband and at the same time serve the Cause of God; the one
doth not preclude the other. Know thou the value of these days; let not this
chance escape thee. Beg thou God to make thee a lighted candle, so that thou
mayest guide a great multitude through this darksome world.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
