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Today's featured article Hands of the Cause of God gathered in 1963 The Hands of the Cause of God were a select group of Bahá’ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá’í Faith on the international level. In all there were fifty Hands of the Cause, four named by Bahá’u’lláh, four by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and forty-two by Shoghi Effendi (including ten posthumously). The title is no longer given out, and there are no longer any living Hands of the Cause, the last surviving Hand being Dr. 'Alí-Muhammad Varqá. The work of the Hands of the Cause is now carried out by the Continental Board of Counsellors and the Auxiliary Boards. The most complete list of the Hands available is from "The Bahá’í World: Vol XIV". The Universal House of Justice has confirmed that this list may not be complete, and that a study of the letters and archives may reveal others named to this station.

Tomorrow's featured article Bahá’í marriage is union of a man and a woman. Its purpose is mainly spiritual and is to foster harmony, fellowship and unity between the two partners. The Bahá’í teachings on marriage call it a fortress for well-being and salvation and an eternal bond that survives past the lives of the partners in the physical life, and into the spiritual worlds and place marriage and the family as the foundation of the structure of human society. Thus the teachings stress that during courting the partners must take the utmost care to become acquainted with each other's character. Further, the husband and wife should be united not only physically, but also spiritually so that they can improve the spiritual life of each other and by that can advance towards God.