God a heaven in treasure hath

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