Earthen vessel I was made (Hymn 548)

Verse 1: Earthen vessel I was made, Christ in me the treasure laid; His container I must be, As the content He in me. Verse 2: In His image I was made, Fit that Christ should all pervade; Thus the vessel God did form With the content uniform. Verse 3: In my spirit He remains, With His power He sustains; As the Spirit one with me, He is my reality. Verse 4: Moving in me day by day, Mingling with me all the way, All my steps He regulates, Every part He saturates. Verse 5: Him expressing from within, Making Him to others seen, I transparent have to be That He may be shown thru me. Verse 6: Transformation is my need, To be broken more indeed, That the clay may change in form, To the treasure to conform.