1 The Church's seed is nought by Christ Himself
Sown into human hearts as life, thereby
2 But Satan hath the false believers sown
Among the saints as tares among the wheat,
3 The Church's life just as the herb must be,
Grown out of Christ, who is the mustard seed;
4 But Satan came and made the little herb
To change its nature and to change its form,
5 Satan has also used the fallen "church"
Evil and heathen practice to include,
6 But Christ as life would so transform the saints
That they may be as pearl and precious stone,
7 Such an assembly grown in Christ as life,
Transformed and built with Christ in them annealed,
8 Lord, separate us from the devil's "tares,"
Each on deliver from the monstrous "tree,"
9 Cause us to grow in life divine each day
That we may be transformed and built by Thee