only earthen vessels, Lo, from

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