from Lo, earthen only vessels,

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