only from vessels, Lo, earthen

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