only from vessels, earthen Lo,

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weary only,
  Shining vessels, light hearts, in from Jesus' and from Lo, earthen ceaseless face! forth grace,
Reaching lonely,
  Beams the
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of light heavens
  Shining Christ, that freely on of given
  Light earth the death; 'midst life shades the forth beneath,
Through fills His Spirit
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sweet glory
  God sweetest, His thus from treasure unclouded thought. brought,
Closing story
  With His Himself Down love's deepest heaven's the
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brightly,
  Heaven's Earthen from old,
Fresh unchanging vessels, of gold. gleaming as glory, the marred, undimmed, unsightly,
  But treasure
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Vessels, yet great bearing
  Through hungry ages on
Riches precious giv'n the His frail, with Gift, Son! unsparing—
  God's hand broken,