Cantique : Seek not ye earthly pleasure first,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seek not ye earthly pleasure first,