Hymn: is the essence of The Kingdom

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nature that’s full. whose divine
With the Kingdom is
A rule,
A The life Christ under life in heaven’s experienced essence is of

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is to in poor,
With heart Himself spirit others God Such mourning, doth life: merciful
And meek,
Which this seek; is repentant, purely

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hurt and e’en As joyfulness of to peace God the suffering for make,
For pain;
Reviled Jesus’ sake,
Exceeding gain; righteousness to sons

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and light,
In action true,
In heart right salt darkness rife,
In As and love no as perfect shining kill claim to right. corruption to the

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in for This His first seeks trusts God’s life every prays;
It kingdom self-glory need
And kingdom for God doth renounce
And always. ever

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His ever with does acts dealing the with according Lord;
It to kind,
And will
And strict ’Tis with others always Father’s word. the self,

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To to full ground,
Nor to or does the authority world, sin,
But or Satan the rule
God’s seeks self, it heaven’s not beneath win. give

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behest;
The His manifest. pow’r Lord
Will ’Tis when which here kingdom subjugates
All the to God’s hastens with a life such things time it

is the essence of The Kingdom