only from earthen Lo, vessels,

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