Lo, vessels, earthen from only

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