God created us His vessels

God created us His vessels

His expression to achieve;

Thus He made a heart to love Him

And a spirit to receive.

With our heart we have to love Him

With our spirit Him possess

As our life

of Him partaking

That Himself we may express.

Satan has our heart corrupted

To our spirit death did give

That the Lord we should not contact

But by self attempt to live.

Thus the Lord in His salvation

Heart and spirit has renewed

To recover our receiving

And our loving aptitude.

It is by our heart’s renewal

We may God in love pursue

And in newness of the spirit

We may contact God anew.

Ever true and pure and single

To the Lord our heart must be

Poor in spirit

ever seeking

God to contact constantly.

Keep our heart

Lord

in love’s freshness

And our spirit strengthen more

That in newness of the spirit

We may touch Thee o’er and o’er.