Early Seeking, Early Finding

lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1880
Composer: George Stebbins

Early seek­ing

ear­ly find­ing

Ever hap­py

hap­py we;

Looking up in life’s sweet morn­ing

Coming

com­ing now to Thee;

We begin our child­ren’s days

Lord of Glo­ry

with Thy praise;

We begin our child­ren’s days

Lord of Glo­ry

with Thy praise.

Early ask­ing

ear­ly get­ting

Ever hap­py

hap­py we;

We would ev­er

bless­èd Je­sus

Love and fol­low

fol­low Thee;

In Thy pre­sence there is joy

In Thy serv­ice blest em­ploy;

In Thy pre­sence there is joy

In Thy serv­ice blest em­ploy.

Early knock­ing

ear­ly op­en­ing

Ever hap­py

hap­py we;

By the ho­ly gate we en­ter

Lord

to dwell

to dwell with Thee;

In the ci­ty of the blest

In the home of heav’n­ly rest;

In the ci­ty of the blest

In the home of heav’n­ly rest.

Early lov­ing

ear­ly trust­ing

Ever hap­py

hap­py we;

Mounting up­ward

press­ing on­ward

Closer

clos­er drawn to Thee;

Earthly joys we leave be­hind

All in Thee

O Christ

to find;

Earthly joys we leave be­hind

All in Thee

O Christ

to find.

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