Lo, from vessels, only earthen

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