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