As God now shines into our hearts

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As God now shines into our hearts,
We are renewed; all old departs.
In earthen vessels, treasure's laid;
Excelling pow'r is thus displayed.
  In earthen vessels, treasure's laid;
Excelling pow'r is thus displayed.
Excelling pow'r is thus displayed.
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Pressed on all sides, constricted not;
Perplexed, and yet despairing not;
Though persecuted, we're not left;
We're struck down, yet not unto death.
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In body bearing Jesus' death,
Thus Jesus' life is manifest.
Death in our body operates;
God's life within now radiates.
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From death to life God raised up Christ
To make us, too, alive with Christ.
Although our outer man decay,
Our inner man's renewed each day.
  Although our outer man decay,
Our inner man's renewed each day;
Our inner man's renewed each day.
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The lightness of our sufferings
Surpassing weight of glory brings;
Consider not what we can see,
But things not seen heed utterly.