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Unto the Half of My Kingdom

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1 “Unto the half of My Kingdom,”
Such a King’s promise of old;
Greater the promise of Jesus,
Greater than ever was told.
Ask, ask of the Father,
Ask what ye will in My Name;
Ask in faith’s simple assurance,
“Whate’er ye will,” ye may claim.

2 “Unto the half of a Kingdom!”
Dare we believe this is true?
Jesus gives promise beyond it,
“All that ye ask, I will do.”
Ask, ask of the Father,
Ask in My Name, and believe—
If in your heart ye shall doubt not,
Ye shall then surely receive.

3 “Unto the half of a Kingdom?”
“Heirs of the world” ye are made;
“All things are yours” in Christ Jesus,
Pray with a faith unafraid.
Ask, ask of the Father,
Ask for the far heathen lands;
Unto the Son they are promised,
Faith makes the greatest demands.

4 “Unto the half of a Kingdom?”
Nay, that were surely too small;
Christ’s mighty name has no limit,
In Him you come and have all.
All, all you are needing,
All that you ask you may claim;
Unending, glorious blessings,
Ask and receive in His name.

5 No longer “half of the Kingdom;”
Pray in that Name for the world,
All that by death Christ has purchased;
Wide let His flag be unfurled.
Pray, “pray in” that Kingdom,
Kingdom of love and of peace;
Pray that it soon be established,
Never to wane nor to cease.

6 No longer “half of a Kingdom,”
Worldwide shall soon be His sway,
Name above all names exalted,
Praise we and laud in that day.
Pray, pray for His advent,
Hasten that advent by prayer;
Hearts that are burning and loving,
Great things expect, great things dare.

Source: The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 2 #136

Author: Bessie Porter Head

[Elizabeth Ann Porter Head] Head, Elizabeth Ann (`Bessie'; née Porter) b. Belfast: 1850 d. Wimbledon, Surrey: 28 June 1936 She was the youngest daughter of Tobias Porter, manager of John Alexander's flour mill in Belfast. Of her early life nothing is known; but in 1894 she became secretary of the YWCA in Swansea. She then served with the South Africa General Mission from 1897-1907, mostly in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Johannesburg, helping to found several branches of the YWCA. With the chairman of the Mission and a fellow missionary she toured North America in 1906-7; her intended return to South Africa in November 1907 was cancelled in favour of marriage, on 17 December, to the chairman, Albert Alfred Head (1844-192… Go to person page >

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First Line: “Unto the half of My Kingdom”
Title: Unto the Half of My Kingdom
Author: Bessie Porter Head
Publication Date: 1916
Copyright: Public Domain

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