The Ascension of 'Abdu'l Bahá Bahá'í Song

A Bahá'i Song based on writings and utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, before gis passing in 1921. I have renounced the world and the people thereof … In the cage of this world I flutter even as a frightened bird, and yearn every day to take My flight unto Thy Kingdom. Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá! Make Me drink of the cup of sacrifice, and set Me free. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By http://www.bahai.org/r/220780589 But I was there, though my body was absent, my spirit was there in your midst. I was present with the friends at the Tomb. The friends must not attach any importance to the absence of my body. In spirit I am, and shall always be, with the friends, even though I be far away. I am so fatigued, the hour is come when I must leave everything and take My flight. I am too weary to walk. It was during the closing days of the Blessed Beauty, when I was engaged in gathering together His papers which were strewn over the sofa in His writing chamber in Bahjí, that He turned to Me and said: ‘It is of no use to gather them, I must leave them and flee away.’ I also have finished My work. I can do nothing more. Therefore must I leave it, and take My departure.. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By http://www.bahai.org/r/960011017 O Lord! My bones are weakened, and the hoar hairs glisten on My head . . . and I have now reached old age, failing in My powers.’ . . . No strength is there left in Me wherewith to arise and serve Thy loved ones . . . O Lord, My Lord! Hasten My ascension unto Thy sublime Threshold . . . and My arrival at the Door of Thy grace beneath the shadow of Thy most great mercy. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By http://www.bahai.org/r/220780589 Photo Credits: media.bahai.org https://media.bahai.org/history/image... Project Utterance https://theutteranceproject.com/the-e... 'Abdu'l-Bahá Holy Land https://abdulbahaholyland.blogspot.com/ BWNS https://news.bahai.org/story/1834/shr...