earthen Lo, from vessels, only

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