Hymn: body As fulness the is the

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body life. His express As our the express life,
So the is His the Body,
Doth to Christ fulness
To Church,

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him,
So of within. part is Adam
Taken of as is Christ’s Himself increase
With E’en the out Church Eve own

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grains buried out loaf a are grains together are formed; the the kernel
Many blended
To from As formed,
As

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of Body,
God to Christians,
Christ doth expressing multiply,
Him as the Church, glorify. one many So

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stead; spread,
With the its abiding, it As its grapevine
Are branches outward the in one, of bearing
Clusters

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Church’s many are,
One Him living,
Spreading life with So and in Him members
Christ’s the afar. enlargement

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Fulness, and duplication,
His full,
Growth increase, spread, continuation,
Surplus plentiful, expression

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His thereby
God be
Glorified Church eternity. and Is the redeemed ones
To to thru Christ Christ, in may

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together,
God’s and the the Church Godhead
With great of mystery,
Is Thus the Christ mingling humanity.

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