Cantique : thought of the central God Lo,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

thought of the central God Lo,