1013    C.M.     T. Kelly
“Ye shall be my sons and daughters.” 2 Cor. 6. 18

1 There is a family on earth,
  Whose Father fills a throne!
  But though a seed of heavenly birth,
  To men they’re little known.

2 Whene’er they meet the public eye,
  They feel the public scorn;
  For men their fairest claims deny,
  And count them basely born.

3 But ’tis the King who reigns above,
  That claims them for his own;
  The favoured objects of his love,
  And destined to a throne.

4 But when the King himself was here,
  His claims were set at nought;
  Would they another lot prefer?
  Rejected be the thought!

5 No; they will tread, while here below,
  The path their Master trod;
  Content all honour to forego,
  But that which comes from God.