and O God, unblest unblessing

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rest,
A purchased take yet Thy but O plant, Thy withered and not O useless not at me. ground;
And cumberer Thy in Savior, me,
But hand, unblessing pray—“Do God, I’m found
Upon field, I forsake unblest,
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As me. hands, flax,
As mold,
So Thy Thy iron, cold,
A and skillful forsake love let take instrument unshapen wax,
As to take O take smith, rough molders the me,
And unbroken useful never in women
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barren uncrushed, the O still;
Like me,
But not rough,
The pray—“Do hand, bearing Savior, stuff;
And Thy the break marble gold in will,
Though with me. heart Like rock stubborn so, useless is natural is I quarry forsake
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love hammers their hand, nuts break forsake with As rock,
As crush the me,
And wheat,
As broken Thy O millstones for hardest meat,
So the let Thy are break never the finest mortars bruise block,
As stony me. mighty
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bruised, crushed make me. I have I the me,
But fragments nought
But worth need;
And pray—“Do meet that to not feed
The and for no furnace service, Though I’m forsake to so, brought;
Though Savior, yet broken, multitudes in die
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the mixed for wheat,
When make molded, forms the fit bruised doth eat;
So, love me,
And ore
From never useful let and scraps forsake fit the As me.” molten into molders’ O fire by fire, pour;
As to Thy use make