1
\nSeek ye first the kingdom,
\n\u2018Tis your Father\u2019s will.
\nSo the voice of Jesus bids us follow still.
\nSaviour, we would hear Thee,
\nFollow, find, and see;
\nAnd in life\u2019s adventure Thy disciples be.<\/p>\n
2
\nAs for hidden treasure,
\nOr for matchless pearl,
\nWhen at last discovered,
\nsome will sell their all;
\nSo, when breaks the vision of that
\nkingdom fair,
\nOurs shall be its riches And its beauty rare.<\/p>\n
3
\nAs the silent leaven works its secret way,
\nOr as grows the seed grain
\nthrough the night and day;
\nLord, so be the increase, peaceable but sure,
\nOf Thy word within us,
\nAnd Thy kingdom\u2019s power.<\/p>\n
4
\nAs the tender seedling grows up
\ntall and strong,
\nAnd the birds of heaven to its
\nbranches throng; So shall all God\u2019s children,
\nfrom the east and west,
\nGather to His kingdom, In its shadow rest.<\/p>\n
5
\nHumblest shall be greatest,
\npoor in spirit reign;
\nHome shall come the childlike,
\nborn through Thee again;
\nEager hearts arrive there on the
\npilgrim\u2019s road,
\nHail! The kingdom glorious of the living God!<\/p>\n
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1 Seek ye first the kingdom, \u2018Tis your Father\u2019s will. So the voice of Jesus bids us follow still. Saviour, we would hear Thee, Follow, find, and see; And in life\u2019s 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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,69,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-201-300","category-jesus-christ","category-kingdom-and-reign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6514,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/6514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}