from only earthen Lo, vessels,

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