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

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

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

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