vessels, Lo, earthen only from

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