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"One thing's needful; Lord this treasure
Teach me highly to regard; All else, though it first give pleasure, Is a yolk that presses hard. Beneath it the heart is still fretting and striving, No true, lasting happiness ever deriving. The gain of this one thing all loss can requite, And teach me in all things to find true delight. Wilt thou find this one thing needful, Turn from all created things Unto Jesus and be heedful Of the blessed joy He brings. For where God and Man both in one are united, With God's perfect fullness the heart is delighted; There, there is the worthiest lot and the best, My One and my All and my Joy and my Rest. How were Mary's thoughts devoted, Her eternal joy to find As intent each word she noted, At here Saviour's feet reclined! How kindled her heart, how devout was its feeling, While hearing the lessons that Christ was revealing! For Jesus all earthly concerns she forgot, And all was repaid in that one happy lot. Thus my longings heavenward tending, Jesus, rest alone on Thee. Help me, thus on Thee depending; Saviour come and dwell in me. Although all the world should forsake and forget Thee, In love I will follow Thee, ne'er will I quit Thee. Lord Jesus, both spirit and life is Thy Word; And is there a joy which Thou dost not afford? Wisdom's highest, noblest treasure, Jesus, lies concealed in Thee; Grant that this may still the measure Of my will and actions be, Humility there are simplicity reigning, In paths of true wisdom my steps ever training. Oh, if I of Christ have this knowledge divine, The fullness of heavenly wisdom is mine. Naught have I, O Christ, to offer, Naught but Thee, my highest Good. Naught have I, O Lord, to proffer But Thy crimson-coloured blood. Thy death on the cross hath Death wholly defeated And thereby my righteousness fully completed; Salvation's white raiments I there did obtain, And in them in glory with Thee I shall reign. Therefore Thou alone, my Saviour, Shalt be All in all to me; Search my heart and my behaviour, Root out all hypocrisy. Restrain me from wandering on pathways unholy And through all life's pilgrimage keep my heart lowly. This one thing is needful, all others are vain; I count all but loss that I Christ may obtain" Johann H. Schroeder (1667-1699) Translated by Frances E. Cox (182-1897) Philippians 3
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