from vessels, Lo, only earthen

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