 | At the beautiful gate and other songs of faith |  |
THE SEEKER.
“If selfishly Thy heaven I seek,
I seek Thy heaven in vain,”—
I heard my heart within me speak:
I hear it yet again.
I seek Thy heaven in vain,”—
I heard my heart within me speak:
I hear it yet again.
For heaven is all unselfishness:
The souls whose home is there
Have never dreamed of happiness
They do not long to share.
The souls whose home is there
Have never dreamed of happiness
They do not long to share.
If selfishly Thy love I seek,
I seek Thy love in vain.
Place at Thy side need none bespeak
Who shrink back from Thy pain.
I seek Thy love in vain.
Place at Thy side need none bespeak
Who shrink back from Thy pain.
For love—Thy love—is sacrifice:
Who seeketh still his own,
Nor for his brethren lives and dies,
Thyself hath never known.
Who seeketh still his own,
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Thyself hath never known.
Dear Lord, each selfish thought we think
Puts us afar from Thee:
Into our own dark depths we sink,
Where heaven can never be.
Puts us afar from Thee:
Into our own dark depths we sink,
Where heaven can never be.
Teach us to know Thee as Thou art;—
To give as Thou hast given!
Oh, show us how the loving heart
May make this world a heaven!
To give as Thou hast given!
Oh, show us how the loving heart
May make this world a heaven!
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