Seek first, earthly ye pleasure not

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