Cantique : Seek ye not first, earthly pleasure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seek ye not first, earthly pleasure