We Seek After These Things

We Seek After These Things

By

Joshua Merris

Within the chasms of each man’s soul, a yearning lies within

That reaches for the highest heights, and sneers at sight of sin

Amidst a world of pain and doubt, where melancholy reigns

We find a voice which beckons us and comforts us in pain

We need not look to presidents, to kings, or magistrates

For the power is within us to drain the world of hate

Just as the Sun at noonday, we’re guided by the light

Which calls to saint and sinner to press on through darkest nights

Though many masters call to us, we know by whom we’re called

The Master whom we seek to serve is greater than us all

By Him, the light divided from the damper dark abyss

In Him we must place our trust, for He will not lead amiss

In the path He walked before us, we find hope, and perfect love

In vibrant faith we’ll walk with Him and cry to Him above

That spotless in that perfect day, we’ll greet the King of Kings

We’ll welcome Him who died for us, who triumphed o’er death’s sting

In His presence, our knees will bend, our feeble tongues confess

His holy name, Jesus the Christ, who bled in awfulness

Reunion sweet, can mortal man, begin to comprehend?

What rapture will fill each bosom, as we greet our truest friend

We long for that Heavenly home, where saints and angels sing

For this, and for the good of man, we seek after these things