Marriage is a very sacred institution. Baha'u'llah said its
purpose is to promote unity. If the friends neglect, for the sake of the Cause,
this institution, they place the Faith in a poor light before the public. In
these days the people of the world are so immoral, and treat the marriage
institution so lightly; and we, as Baha'is, in contrast to the people of the
world, are trying to create a high moral standard, and reinstate the sanctity
of marriage.
If your husband will allow you to do a certain amount of
teaching work, and occasionally to travel in the interests of the Faith, all
the better, but he doesn’t think that the Faith should be made the thing which
destroys your family life. (
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 6 June 1954 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer; ‘Afire with the Vision, Messages from Shoghi Effendi to Latin
America’)
