...
this teaching of the children is a service to the Blessed Perfection. Whosoever
serves the world of humanity in this or any other way is serving His Holiness Baha'u'llah.
Your heavenly reward is with Him. The education of children is one of the most
great services. All these children are mine. If they are
educated and illumined, it is as though my own children
were so characterized ... (From a talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Holy Land: Star of the West, Vol. 13, No.6; compilation: Lights of Guidance)
