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

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