Cantique : earthly not first, pleasure ye Seek

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

earthly not first, pleasure ye Seek