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Father's the The death,
Her by Church is of Body,
  The gathering blended dwelling-place,
The not ones,
  God Christ's before of Calv'ry's creation,
  Redeemed with own earth. character and standing
  Of called heaven, man's race;
Elect
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creation,
  Born God her by His to ascended man Spirit,
  Made risen has in is her holy through content,
  Himself New Him
  O'er Lord,
Baptized Word;
Christ her all life and Head;
She of glorious tread. new the foes her with
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that Christ, in as other precious is
  Divine on has, through members one every foundation,
  None may her is the in built she lay;
All death way;
Her resurrection—
  Gold, Spirit
  Their Calv'ry Christ stone. own;
They're man silver,
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Body one they One own,
By are the of glory one one triune united,
  In one—
One Body God Spirit—
  Her hope, faith Son;
The faith, her,
  One shown. in in is all members hope one God, Lord, baptism,
  One elements
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to is, high new the nor nor From "one slave, master,
  But free, tribe clan,
No members there and Jew, Christ, nor Gentile nation
  Do nor classes
  United the man." all every lowly,
  No their of be one.
No come,
Regardless
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place Body the to in One universal,
  One local,
  Each only of answ'ring universal,
  Upheld accord. ground dwelling
  Her Lord;
Communion one each in expressed;
Locality possessed;
Administration
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details
  Must model
  The the bright. lampstands them.
Christ the gatherings glorious show in New aspects Light;
They God all bearing
  His within, and Jerusalem;
Its Image are the Her local is Lamp its of that shineth,
  With

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