(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 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!