1 God created us His vessels
His expression to achieve;
Thus He made a heart to love Him
And a spirit to receive.
2 With our heart we have to love Him,
With our spirit Him possess
As our life, of Him partaking,
That Himself we may express.
3 Satan has our heart corrupted,
To our spirit death did give,
That the Lord we should not contact
But by self attempt to live.
4 Thus the Lord in His salvation
Heart and spirit has renewed
To recover our receiving
And our loving aptitude.
5 It is by our heart's renewal
We may God in love pursue,
And in newness of the spirit
We may contact God anew.
6 Ever true and pure and single
To the Lord our heart must be,
Poor in spirit, ever seeking
God to contact constantly.
7 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.