earthen Lo, vessels, from only

C431 E590 K431 T590
1
forth light from ceaseless the earthen Jesus’ grace,
Reaching face! lonely,
  Beams weary hearts, vessels, only,
  Shining in Lo, from and
2
shades earth freely Spirit of that Christ, death; heavens
  Shining fills beneath,
Through light ’midst life of forth on given
  Light the the His
3
deepest the sweet unclouded glory
  God thought. Down His brought,
Closing Himself from story
  With His heaven’s thus love’s sweetest, treasure
4
unchanging from gleaming brightly,
  Heaven’s as gold. Earthen old,
Fresh glory, unsightly,
  But the vessels, of undimmed, marred, treasure
5
giv’n the Vessels, yet hungry on
Riches Gift, with ages hand unsparing—
  God’s Son! bearing
  Through great His broken, frail, precious