Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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OUR TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS. |
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OUR TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS.
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
—2 Corinthians, iv. 7.
Were it not thus, how soon might we
Humility and fear disown;
And in Thy gifts our glory see,
When glory, Lord, is thine alone.
Humility and fear disown;
And in Thy gifts our glory see,
When glory, Lord, is thine alone.
But Thou hast wisely seen it right,
In earthen vessels here to place
Thy own inshining gospel light,
The golden treasure of Thy grace.
In earthen vessels here to place
Thy own inshining gospel light,
The golden treasure of Thy grace.
That so each power's true excellence
May be of God, and not of man,
Humility to us dispense,
And magnify thy gospel's plan.
May be of God, and not of man,
Humility to us dispense,
And magnify thy gospel's plan.
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How gracious unto lost mankind,
The love which bade a gem so rare,
In such frail caskets be enshrin'd,
Till thou shouldst worthier ones prepare.
The love which bade a gem so rare,
In such frail caskets be enshrin'd,
Till thou shouldst worthier ones prepare.
These earthen vessels, late or soon,
Shall in their native dust decay;
But thy imperishable boon
Shall long outlive their transient day.
Shall in their native dust decay;
But thy imperishable boon
Shall long outlive their transient day.
The Spirit, earth's ethereal guest,
Whom thy inshining light hath led,
No more in fleshly garments drest,
Shall rise immortal from the dead.
Whom thy inshining light hath led,
No more in fleshly garments drest,
Shall rise immortal from the dead.
And there, before Thy holy throne,
Shall yet more worthily employ
Those gifts, whose glory is thy own,
In songs of praise, and grateful joy.
Shall yet more worthily employ
Those gifts, whose glory is thy own,
In songs of praise, and grateful joy.
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