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Text:As Men Seek for Hidden Treasure
Author:Charles E. Orr
Tune:WILLAMETTE
Composer:Joel A. Erickson
Media:MIDI file

814. As Men Seek for Hidden Treasure

1 As men seek for hidden treasure,
As for rain thirsts the drying sod,
As the hart pants after water,
So my heart pants after God.

2 I seek not for worldly pleasure,
I pray not for earthly store;
My whole soul goes after Jesus—
I am seeking nothing more.

3 Oh, to be holy, holy, holy,
Like my Savior every day,
To be filled with all His fullness,
’Tis for this I pray and pray.

Text Information
First Line: As men seek for hidden treasure
Title: As Men Seek for Hidden Treasure
Author: Charles E. Orr (1904)
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Scripture:
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/As_Men_Seek_for_Hidden_Treasure)
Tune Information
Name: WILLAMETTE
Composer: Joel A. Erickson (2004)
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Key: B Major
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/As_Men_Seek_for_Hidden_Treasure)



Media
MIDI file: As_Men_Seek_for_Hidden_Treasure.mid
(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/As_Men_Seek_for_Hidden_Treasure)

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