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Text:Treasures Here Will Soon Decay
Author:Minnie Hawks
Tune:LAY YOUR TREASURES UP ABOVE
Composer:Minnie Hawks

855. Treasures Here Will Soon Decay

Text Information
First Line: Treasures here will soon decay
Title: Treasures Here Will Soon Decay
Author: Minnie Hawks
Refrain First Line: Lay them up above, in the world of love
Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.11. with Ref.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ;
Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Life: Stewardship
Source: Songs of Cheer
Copyright: Copyright 1952 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company in Songs of Cheer. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Notes: Keep that which is committed to thy trust. I Tim. 6:20. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth … seek those things which are above. Col. 3:2, 1.
Tune Information
Name: LAY YOUR TREASURES UP ABOVE
Composer: Minnie Hawks
Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.11. with Ref.
Incipit: 12333 53112 11613
Key: F Major
Source: Songs of Cheer
Copyright: Copyright 1952 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company in Songs of Cheer. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Notes: M.M. 63



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