| What have I now done? Is there not a cause? (1 Sam. 17:29) |
| Ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 14:23) |
| For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Eph. 4:12) |
Not a trace of the earth nor mark of the clay:
The fires of the furnace have burned them away;
Wondrous skill of the Potter — the praise is His due —
In whose hands to perfection and beauty it grew;
Thus with souls lying still, content in God’s hand,
That do not His power of working withstand,
They are molded and fitted, a treasure to hold;
Vile clay now transformed into purest of gold. |
