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.