Baha'u'llah's Army of Light

"Have no fear of defeat - do not have failing hearts."

For "our Supreme Commander is Baha'u'llah."

And He lights up our days~ to true portals of Glory

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Chorus: Baha'u'llah, the Lord of Lords.

Baha'u'llah, the Prince of Peace.

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Bridge: "Rush forward!" "Push forward!" Be an ever-shining light

You will be assisted by His glorious might, day and night.

Your's the love that transforms hearts.

Your's the love that attracts souls.

Your's the love that transforms hearts.

Your's the love that attracts souls.

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Chorus 2: Baha'u'llah, the King of Kings.

Baha'u'llah, the Ancient Beauty.

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References: "The Baha'i Grand Army consists of the invisible angels of the Supreme Concourse. Our swords are the Words of Light. Our armament is the armament of heaven. We are fighting against the forces of darkness.

"0, my soldiers! My beloved soldiers! Forward! Forward! Have no fear of defeat - do not have failing hearts. Our Supreme Commander is Baha'u'llah. From the heights of Glory He is directing this dramatic engagement. He commands us! Rush forward! Rush forward! Show the strength of your arms. Ye shall scatter the forces of ignorance!

"Your war confers Life; their war brings death. Your war is the cause of the illumination of all mankind; their war means the breaking and darkness of hearts. Your war means victory upon victory; their war is defeat upon defeat. Your war is the means of construction; their war is the origin of destruction.

"There are no dangers before you. Push forward! Push forward! ...

Your efforts shall be crowned with the diadem of Eternal Peace and Brotherhood.

"His Holiness the Christ was fighting even upon the Cross, and His triumphant work continued through ages and cycles."

('Abdu'l-Baha, Star of the West, Vol. 4, p. 72)

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"The Pen of Admonition exhorteth the friends and enjoineth on them charity, pity, wisdom, and gentleness. The Oppressed One is this day a prisoner; His allies are the hosts of good deeds and virtues; not ranks, and hosts, and guns, and cannons.* One holy action maketh the world of earth highest paradise.

"O friends, help the Oppressed One with well-pleasing virtues and good deeds! Today let every soul desire to attain the highest station. He must not regard what is in him, but what is in God. It is not for him to regard what shall advantage himself, but that whereby the Word of God which must be obeyed shall be upraised. The heart must be sanctified from every form of selfishness and lust, for the weapons of the unitarians and the saints were and are the fear of God. That is the buckler which guardeth man from the arrows of hatred and abomination. Unceasingly hath the standard of piety been victorious, and accounted amongst the most puissant hosts of the world. Thereby do the saints subdue the cities of [men's] hearts by the permission of God, the Lord of hosts. Darkness hath encompassed the earth: the lamp which giveth light was and is wisdom. The dictates thereof must be observed under all circumstances. And of wisdom is the regard of place and the utterance of discourse according to measure and state. And of wisdom is decision; for man should not accept whatsoever anyone sayeth.

"Under all circumstances desire of the True One (glorious is His glory) that He will not deprive His servants of the sealed wine* and the lights of the Name of the Self-Subsistent.

"O friends of God, verily the Pen of Sincerity enjoineth on you the greatest faithfulness. By the Life of God, its light is more evident than the light of the sun! In its light and its brightness and its radiance every light is eclipsed. We desire of God that He will not withhold from His cities and lands the radiant effulgence of the Sun of Faithfulness. We have directed all in the nights and in the days to faithfulness, chastity, purity, and constancy; and have enjoined good deeds and well-pleasing qualities. In the nights and in the days the shriek of the pen ariseth and the tongue speaketh, that against the sword the word may arise, and against fierceness patience, and in ''''place of oppression submission, and at the time of martyrdom resignation. For thirty years and more, in all that hath befallen this oppressed community they have been patient, referring it to God. Everyone endowed with justice and fairness hath testified and doth testify to that which hath been said. During this period this Oppressed One was engaged in good exhortations and efficacious and sufficient admonitions, till it became established and obvious before all that this Victim had made Himself a target for the arrows of calamity unto the showing forth of the treasures deposited in [men's] souls. Strife and contest were and are seemly in the beasts of prey of the earth, [but] laudable actions are seemly in man."

(Abdu'l-Baha, A Traveller's Narrative, p. 45)