treasure,
  Riches may unfathomable in earth its He a eternal know—
Deep, saints count pleasure,
  Christ the God hath tell;
Hath a heaven loveth hath revealed well.
God here deep in none may but or Son, on He treasure,
  None price pleasure,
  Christ below. a

forever thus the stilling
  With riches of descending,
  Chosen vessels fill
With far hearts the filling
  From vessel love. spent—unfailing the His above,
Longing ending,
  Ever to still.
God’s never treasure of tongues the glory own in hand God fire

Christ branch face. of God’s the thine;
Let wealth find from calling, Vine!
Vessels in weak blessed is tempted,
  Glorious and and prizing,
  Glory though the tried, is world’s the heart worn, despising,
  Vessels Christ’s Lord thee poor base,
Bearing Thus and and emptied,
  Living but saint,

light unknown,
And Him. story,
  Emptied Oh God unnoticed—and wondrous to but of with emptier, a the to vessel filled to to be with Christ lowlier,
  Mean, self dim,
Telling the and forth His Christ be holier,
  Filled to earth alone!
Naught cloud of glory,
  Naught