| 1 | God’s Kingdom today is a real exercise, |
| | But when Christ comes to reign it will be a great prize; |
| | It is wisdom divine that we now may be trained |
| | That His plan be fulfilled and His justice maintained. |
| 2 | God’s children, we’re born to be kings with His Son, |
| | And we need to be trained that we may overcome |
| | And to know how to rule in His kingdom as kings, |
| | That His kingship thru us be expressed o’er all things. |
| 3 | Today we must learn to submit to His throne, |
| | How to have a strict life and His government own; |
| | His authority then we’ll be able to share, |
| | o’er the nations to rule with God’s Son as the heir. |
| 4 | With a life strict to self we must righteousness hold, |
| | Kind to others in peace, and with God joyful, bold; |
| | In the Kingdom’s reality e’er to remain, |
| | For its manifestation prepared thus to reign. |
| 5 | Then Christ when He comes with the kingdom from God |
| | Will to us grant His kingship to share as reward; |
| | Thus the Lord will His righteousness thru us maintain |
| | And His wisdom to heavenly powers make plain. |
| 6 | For this the Apostle pressed on at all cost, |
| | For the Kingdom assured that he would not be lost; |
| | ’Tis for this he charged others, Be true to the Lord. |
| | That the Kingdom might be unto them a reward. |
| 7 | O Lord, give us grace for Thy Kingdom to live, |
| | To be trained that Thou may the reward to us give; |
| | Make the Kingdom’s reality our exercise, |
| | That its manifestation may be our great prize. |
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