Cantique : of Son has to sow God come The

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plan. come grow
And Himself has thru of in fulfill seed Son God’s the eternal Kingdom th’ sow
Himself, thus The man,
That of God life, to

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be many been was children wheat
Whence grains grain produced
To He have God’s the of whom Kingdom’s is reign introduced. meet,
Thru the only

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awful Satan, children to God,
Sowed tares But Kingdom’s enemy confuse,
And damage to among create. wheat,
The many of the

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great. grotesquely with appearance is
Abnormal in of Kingdom ’Tis his,
The work the and tares subtle of mixing this wheat,
The by

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yet little food,
But changed great mustard The should into system of has herb, be,
A as for good Kingdom it “tree,”
A magnitude. a

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evil food,
A being a make place their good “birds” where spirits has for Instead of it become:
’Tis evil of men
And home. now lodge

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outward the pagan, reveals.
Including evil with form the leaven of things,
As world
Its A us to great religion mingled meal.

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evil things of such,
It thus in swarm. has A changed outward imbibes,
Corruption the form;
By it inwardly world which system as doth

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But would and the “pearl” Lord the treasure in transform
That doth seek,
As and hidden “treasure something God such revealed. be field”;
As us pearl

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God. hidden and from to the its Christendom
And Kingdom’s from great vast in full ’Tis Christ facade,
Yet like transformed reality
’Tis

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“tares,”
And from be save from us us now
That all purge separate may of “leaven” Thee. monstrous the “tree”;
From Lord, we the us the purely

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our Kingdom’s build for Thou stones in be,
Meet life full transform as and in
Thy we reality. Thy may precious house May to souls
That

of Son has to sow God come The