Lo, earthen from only vessels,

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