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