Thus Far and No Farther

Reflecting on attempts by man to stop the purpose of a Manifestation of God and, as usual, utterly failing to do so....In this case I'm writing about events in the life of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet/Founder of the Baha'i Faith. But throughout recorded history, the ultimate supremacy of the intent and purpose of all the major Manifestations of God, whether, Krishna, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab or Baha'u'llah, all have fulfilled the trust placed in Them by God, and progressively and successfully guided mankind on its journey toward the Kingdom. They have done so in spite of all the opposition, cruelty and indifference of many. They are greater than any force that can be arrayed against Them.

The Players:

Philip Patenaude - Lead Guitar

Mike Garner - Upright Bass

Bob Ryan - Guitar & Vocals

Recorded in 2006 at Lightkeeper Music Recording Studios

(LYRICS)

I was sitting ‘round the fire

Just thinking ‘bout my Lord’s journey

How He dawned upon this world

Like a young Sun following winter

And you know we’d waited for this

For such a long, long time

But some said: Thus far and no farther

Well we make our plans

And the Lord He does make His plans

He called upon the leaders

In Tablets bright and bold

He was clear that

If they turned down this chance

To build the Kingdom,

For them it’d be: Thus far and no farther

Well it was pits to prisons

And heavy chains to poison

They took away everything

He’d had in this world – from purse to home

But they failed to douse the flame

He’d set ablaze amid the world

To them He said: Thus far and no farther

The beauty of the Lord watched

From the hill of faithfulness

Some loved-ones of God

In the claws of the dogs of earth

He called out the names of all but One

When a Voice cried: Thus far and no farther