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.

Savior, we would hear Thee, Follow, find, and see;

And in life's adventure Thy disciples be.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 4

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 5

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!