Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness.
Matthew 6:33
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 74.
Music: Pastor Bonus Alfred J. Caldicott (1841–1897) (🔊 pdf nwc).
I seek the kingdom first,
The gracious joy and peace,
Thou know’st I hunger, Lord, and thirst
After Thy righteousness;
My chief and sole desire
Thine image to regain,
And then to join Thy glorious choir,
And with Thine ancients reign.