224. Seek Ye First the Kingdom

Verse 1

Seek ye first the kingdom,

‘Tis your Father’s will.

So the voice of Jesus bids us follow still.

Saviour, we would hear Thee,

Follow, find, and see;

And in life’s adventure Thy disciples be.

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

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.

Verse 4

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!