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Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Auckland, New Zealand with Grant Hindin-Miller who sings “Humble Thyself” from the Writings of Baha’u’llah.
This song was filmed and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, September 2017.
Lyrics & Quote
O Son of Man! Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously visit thee. Arise for the triumph of My cause, that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory. O Son of the Throne! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou mayest testify unto My exalted sanctity, and I within Myself may bear witness unto an exalted station for thee
Baha’u’llah
Chords
Capo 4
Intro: Fmaj7sus2,
Em, Fmaj7sus2,
Humble thyself before Me,
Am7, G6, Fmaj7sus2
that I may graciously visit thee.
Em, Fmaj7sus2,
Arise for the triumph of My cause,
Am7, G6, Fmaj7sus2
that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory.
C, Am, Dm7, G6
O Son of the Throne! Thy hearing is My hearing,
C, Am, Dm7, G6
hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight,
Am, Em,
do thou see therewith, that in thine
Fsus2, Gsus4,
inmost soul thou mayest
Am, Em,
testify unto
Fsus2, Gsus4,
My exalted sanctity,
C, Am,
and I within Myself may bear
Dm7, G6, Fmaj7sus2
witness unto an exalted station for thee.
Em, Fmaj7sus2,
Humble thyself before Me,
Am7, G6, Fmaj7sus2
that I may graciously visit thee.
Em, Fmaj7sus2,
Arise for the triumph of My cause,
Am7, G6, Fmaj7sus2
that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory.
You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here:
Randomly bursting into song is a daily occurrence for Jordan, something which his friends find both hilarious and terrifying, however, for their own survival, they have grown accustomed to acts of randomness. Growing up in both the Czech Republic and Australia, and looking like he’s from neither, Jordan took to creating Youtube videos from a young age, the intention of his content is to make people happy and hopefully spread some positivity juice. He is now studying Media in Melbourne Australia, and singing for his classmates. (he really does not sing that much)
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thank you, beautiful
janet (October 10, 2017 at 2:43 AM)