Hymn: Lo, the central thought of God

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

Lo, the central thought of God