The want of the world is Christ.

The want of the world is Christ.
Poor hungry souls, how they long for food;
Poor lonely hearts, how they search for good,
But they seek it not as we know they should ;
This is found alone in Christ.

The want of the world is Christ;
He is wisdom and power and truth and grace,
And those who behold with joy his face,
Will ask for no richer, better place;
For all is given in Christ.

The want of the world is Christ;
How it groans today 'neath its load of sin,
So drunk with confusion and noise and din,
And will till the thousand years set in,
When the saints shall reign with Christ.

The want of the world is Christ;
But the hosts of the wicked have had their day,
The pride of their power has passed away,
And now to mountains and rocks they pray
To be hid from an awful Christ.

Then the joy of the world is Christ.
When the fate of each soul has been decreed,
The earth from sinners and sin is freed,
And life to Abraham and all his seed,—
The joy of the world is Christ.

By S.O. James