Make Haste to Love – Sonbol Taefi – Elika Mahony

From the album title ‘Coral and Pearls’, and featuring Elika Mahony, this song is a plea for healing of the multitudes of ailments affecting our world. The words were inspired by the following excerpt from the Writings of Abdul-Baha:

“O my Lord, my Defender, my Help in peril! Lowly do I entreat Thee, ailing do I come unto Thee to be healed, humbly do I cry out to Thee with my tongue, my soul, my spirit:
O God, my God! The gloom of night hath shrouded every region, and all the earth is shut away behind thick clouds. The peoples of the world are sunk in the black depths of vain illusions, while their tyrants wallow in cruelty and hate. I see nothing but the glare of searing fires that blaze upward from the nethermost abyss, I hear nothing save the thunderous roar that belloweth out from thousands upon thousands of fiery weapons of assault, while every land is crying aloud in its secret tongue: “My riches avail me nothing, and my sovereignty hath perished!”
O my Lord, the lamps of guidance have gone out. The flames of passion are mounting high, and malevolence is ever gaining on the world. Malice and hate have overspread the face of the whole earth, and I find no souls except Thine own oppressed small band who are raising up this cry:
Make haste to love! Make haste to trust! Make haste to give! To guidance come!”

Composed and arranged by Stephen Small
Vocals: Sonbol Taefi and Elika Mahony
Strings: Jess Hindin, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Joe Harrop, David Garner
Guitars: Simon Gooding
Bass: Mike Hall
Backing Vocals: Rebecca Wright, Paul Lisi, Gail Tipene, Sharon Emirali
Saylene Tanielu-Ulberg, Paul Voight

Words:
O Lord my Defender lo do I entreat
I come to Thee for healing and I cry out to Thee
Help me in my peril, humbly do I cry
My riches avail me nothing and my sovereignty has died

O Lord my Defender
The lamps of guidance have gone out
The flames of passion are burning high and malevolence abounds
Hatred has overspread the face of earth and sky
And I find no one except Thyself who is raising up this cry

Make haste to love, make haste to trust
Make haste to love, to give to guidance come
Make haste to love, make haste to trust
Make haste to love, to give, to guidance come

Oh the nearer you are to the light, the further you are from the darkness
Oh, the nearer you are to heaven, the further you are from the earth
Oh, the nearer you are to God, the further you are from the world

O Lord my Defender lo do I entreat
I come to Thee for healing and I cry out to Thee
Help me in my peril, humbly do I cry
I find no one except Thyself to be raising up this cry

Make haste to love, make haste to trust
Make haste to love, to give to guidance come
Make haste to love, make haste to trust
Make haste to love, to give, to guidance come

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