Cantique : the thought central of God Lo,

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thought might be He one with of man;
He to everything
That central is plan. His He fulfill that God
Is man Lo, the

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true. made—
Body, too,
God life vessel soul, spirit may Earthen take
And that oneness he as was have with man and Him

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divine,
Man His stone
Fit God’s might of known. building By the abode,
That flow be precious life becomes for a glory

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’Tis city God the Jerusalem
Which the God desires. hath new fulfills requires,
’Tis heart’s dwelling His built,
’Tis the

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God by of the will
Long the building the before blend world man,
Purposed began. ’Tis the saints,
’Tis the of and Father’s

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flood. life
As of Christ the and God,
Whence flow the of center, as stream In the its doth Spirit’s pow’r,
Is its throne living

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food flowing supreme. tree life, Christ, life is the there
In the of stream,
Yielding of fruit life the divine
As the of of

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life shines,
Scattering divine. night
With Christ, light of brightly the light,
Thru its God in glorious the city the all deathly

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the man God man the possess;
God in content and God
Mutual man,
And thus doth express. is man God dwelling in to

the thought central of God Lo,