from vessels, only Lo, earthen

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