Hymn: Seek ye earthly not first, pleasure

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and failing measure
Seek Seek earthly not no pleasure,
Fading ye that the first, knows love joy first. treasure,
But ye

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desirings,
But your earth’s requirings
Seek aspirings,
Ceaseless soul’s first, Seek vain first. longings, precious ye ye not

3

blessing;
Ye if confessing,
Seek your God’s peace this Him sin and all ye Seek first. first need possessing;
Come, and have

4

given:
Seek Seek of first, Him forgiven,
Pardoned, with this first. when your Him heaven,
Let peace be life to the then

5

and and holy;
Like lowly;
Yielded this first—Be wholly:
Seek this service Master, meek first. His Seek the to pure

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Christ His the the them,
Seek win kingdom;
Seek souls around Seek to to coming of bring this them:
Seek Jesus to first.

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all Seek need His supplying.
Heavenly things, sure, relying,
Seek first. trying;
It on promise ye first, Him this is

Seek ye earthly not first, pleasure