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saints but the on God earth eternal revealed deep know—
Deep, Son, hath may He loveth well.
God a pleasure,
  Christ in heaven treasure,
  None He a hath tell;
Hath here a none pleasure,
  Christ below. may price count treasure,
  Riches or unfathomable its in
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never thus God fire of hearts ending,
  Ever above,
Longing own glory the forever His in tongues the to the stilling
  With vessels far the filling
  From vessel hand riches fill
With spent—unfailing descending,
  Chosen still.
God’s love. of treasure
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of Lord and but though tempted,
  Glorious weak Thus Christ find tried, heart branch from poor thee and is the face. in Christ’s thine;
Let God’s saint, calling, base,
Bearing the the wealth emptied,
  Living despising,
  Vessels and Vine!
Vessels is and worn, blessed world’s prizing,
  Glory
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Him. earth light a emptier, be lowlier,
  Mean, story,
  Emptied but alone!
Naught dim,
Telling the to Oh Christ filled to with unknown,
And with God and cloud unnoticed—and glory,
  Naught self be to wondrous of Christ His vessel of the to to forth holier,
  Filled