Seek earthly first, pleasure ye not

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failing pleasure,
Fading first, ye treasure,
But Seek love not first. and knows that measure
  Seek ye no joy earthly the
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first. vain desirings,
But ye not soul’s precious ye Seek longings, earth’s aspirings,
Ceaseless requirings
  Seek your first,
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all need God’s possessing;
Come, ye Seek have confessing,
  Seek first blessing;
Ye your if and sin Him and peace this first.
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your life first. heaven,
Let then forgiven,
Pardoned, with Him given:
  Seek to of this when Him Seek peace be the first,
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meek first—Be Master, Seek wholly:
  Seek holy;
Like to this and and His service lowly;
Yielded the first. pure this
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the coming Christ win kingdom;
Seek the His Seek of to to around them:
  Seek Jesus this bring to first. souls them,
Seek
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sure, ye on relying,
  Seek first. trying;
It His need first, supplying.
Heavenly Seek is Him this promise all things,