Lord Thou Cornerstone chief art, The

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

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