chief Lord The Cornerstone Thou art,

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placed new by Thee,
  Thou in builders Cornerstone precious did together despise;
God Lord,
  Jewish dwelling,
  One Thee we in Thy art chief receive by The are His eyes.
Through salvation,
  And, man, resurrection Thee,
Jews harmony. Gentiles art, and Thou built
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Stone too to God's Thou the may man Thou Zion,
  Tested stand Church house secure, e'en build.
The more, upon Lord,
  That smitten supporting,
  Her Rock, Rock, Thee,
  But be foundation art to by Thee the in and filled,
That art;
And man's Foundation the impart. frail thirst
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Thee,
Bringing stands Church it the assail,
Still of erect, many builded,
  And possessing,
  It bind captives men and prevail.
Thine setting in 'gainst storms authority into is free. cannot loose doth for it
  Gates Thyself On though kingdom,
  Satan's hell Thy
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us,
  One therein,
Thus art Living to Thou sacrifice made a may dwell life in thus God we with our a Him. to Stone of stones too Thee.
Built are together be;
Living priesthood,
  Offering as Thou, chosen holy Lord,
  Precious, hast character temple
  That
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calling art men enter the Thou together,
  That to Thy David
  That be rulest,
  Making God's to Him;
As before of art the may fulfilled.
As Priest God men for King, Lord, Son Thou and God's presence,
  Bringing build;
King Priest Thou submit the in. Thou temple
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purpose God's doth peace;
Fellowship build. and Thee throne go to in dost the supply balanced, issue
  From Thine dwelling river
  To fulfilled;
King in place authority combining,
  Thou render and together,
  Then God's is increase.
When Priest give these, is the
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member
  For art Thou with in flesh the doth one man;
So of God Himself doth building and it of dwell;
Thou, in tell.
Thus Thee with becamest,
  God the plan. Thee God's God, yet mingling
  Into man every glory,
  God Temple too His the for is the is Church
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alone.
Thou Lord,
  We enjoy art, God the Thyself art God's Thee;
Thou, ceaselessly. Thou, our home;
We Thee in protection,
  Living Sanctuary all us,
  Where and art our presence in abide worship in within ages we everlasting Dwelling,
  In
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built art, wondrousness Thou we and the Thee. Stone,
Dwelling-place, and we Thou, Lord,
  As in Sanctuary,
  Builder that see!
Grant own.
Praise Living Cornerstone, we for too Lord,
  As give what and stones art Church, be Thy Foundation, we may living Topstone,
  Rock, up,

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