vessels, earthen Lo, from only

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