December 13. On this date in 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Bahá'í youth should...be advised, nay even encouraged, to contract marriage while still young and in full possession of their physical vigour."

December 13. On this date in 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Bahá'í youth should...be advised, nay even encouraged, to contract marriage while still young and in full possession of their physical vigour."

1214. Youth Should Be Taught Self-Control
"...The Bahá'í youth should, on the one hand, be taught the lesson of self-control which, when exercised, undoubtedly has a salutary effect on the development of character and of personality in general, and on the other should be advised, nay even encouraged, to contract marriage while still young and in full possession of their physical vigour. Economic factors, no doubt, are often a serious hindrance to early marriage but in most cases are only an excuse, and as such should not be over stressed."
(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, December 13, 1940: Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1968-1973, p. 109)