Lo, only earthen from vessels,

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