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OUR ALABASTER BOX by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: BE KINGLY PRODIGAL OF TIME, FOR USE
Last Line: FORM, AT HIS WORD, THINE ALABASTER CROWN!
Be kingly prodigal of time, for use
In God's sweet service. 'Tis a jealous cruse
That holds thy life from love's anointing wide.
Shatter it grandly. See! an eager tide
Of fragrance and of healing ministries,
Wrought on the Lord if on "the least of these";
And see! the ragged edge, the flakes fallen down,
Form, at His word, thine alabaster crown!



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