224- Seek Ye First the Kingdom
Jesus Christ: Kingdom and Reign
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- Seek ye first the kingdom, 'Tis your Father's will.
- So the voice of Jesus bids us follow still.
- Savior, we would hear Thee, Follow, find, and see;
- And in life's adventure Thy disciples be.
2
- As for hidden treasure, Or for matchless pearl,
- When at last discovered, some will sell their all:
- So, when breaks the vision of that kingdom fair,
- Ours shall be its riches and its beauty rare.
3
- As the silent leaven works its secret way,
- Or as grows the seed grain through the night and day;
- Lord, so be the increase, peaceable but sure,
- Of Thy word within us, And Thy kingdom's power.
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- As the tender seedling grows up tall and strong,
- And the birds of heaven to its branches throng;
- So shall all God's children, from the east and west,
- Gather to His kingdom, In its shadow rest.
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- Humblest shall be greatest, poor in spirit reign;
- Home shall come the childlike, born through Thee again
- Eager hearts arrive there on the pilgrim's road,
- Hail! the kingdom glorious of the living God!