1  Lo, from vessels, earthen only,

       Shining forth in ceaseless grace,

    Reaching weary hearts, and lonely,

       Beams the light from Jesus' face!

 2  Christ, the light that fills the heavens

       Shining forth on earth beneath,

    Through His Spirit freely given

       Light of life 'midst shades of death;

 3  Down from heaven's unclouded glory

       God Himself the treasure brought,

    Closing thus His love's sweet story

       With His sweetest, deepest thought.

 4  Earthen vessels, marred, unsightly,

       But the treasure as of old,

    Fresh from glory, gleaming brightly,

       Heaven's undimmed, unchanging gold.

 5  Vessels, broken, frail, yet bearing

       Through the hungry ages on

    Riches giv'n with hand unsparing —

       God's great Gift, His precious Son!