Splendid church life! His green garden! He has brought us, praise the Lord, To experience the Christ Who’s growing here! He is full of rich enjoyment To His saints in one accord; He is new and fresh, available and dear.
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Splendid church life! His green garden!
He has
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brought us, praise the Lord,
To ex
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perience the
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Christ Who's growing
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here!
He is full of rich enjoyment
To His
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saints in one accord;
He is
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new and fresh, a
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vailable and
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dear.
I’m so happy in this lovely place, In the garden growing in His grace! There is no finer pleasure Than to eat the living tree And to get the living water into me.
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I'm so happy
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in this lovely place,
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In the garden
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growing in His
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grace!
There is no finer
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pleasure
Than to
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eat the living tree
And to
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get the living
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water into
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me.
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It is not a school or fact’ry Or a chapel in the air; But a garden where our Lord can plant and sow. So He’s placed us all here corporately To be His garden fair, Where He’s free to cultivate and make us grow.
It is not a school or fact'ry
Or a chapel in the air;
But a garden where our Lord can plant and sow.
So He's placed us all here corporately
To be His garden fair,
Where He's free to cultivate and make us grow.
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It is not a school or fact'ry
Or a
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chapel in the air;
But a
D
garden where our
D7
Lord can plant and
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sow.
So He's placed us all here corporately
To be
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His garden fair,
Where He's
D
free to
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cultivate and make us
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grow.
I’m so happy in this lovely place, In the garden growing in His grace! There is no finer pleasure Than to eat the living tree And to get the living water into me.
G
I'm so happy
C
in this lovely place,
D
In the garden
D7
growing in His
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grace!
There is no finer
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pleasure
Than to
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eat the living tree
And to
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get the living
D7
water into
G-C-G
me.
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Thus within the church-life garden There’s a fruit-producing tree Full of life and so available to eat. So be simple, don’t be hardened, Drop your concepts—eat that tree! Take in Jesus every moment—He’s so sweet!
Thus within the church-life garden
There's a fruit-producing tree
Full of life and so available to eat.
So be simple, don't be hardened,
Drop your concepts—eat that tree!
Take in Jesus every moment—He's so sweet!
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Thus within the church-life garden
There's a
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fruit-producing tree
Full of
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life and so
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available to
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eat.
So be simple, don't be hardened,
Drop your
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concepts—eat that tree!
Take in
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Jesus
D7
every moment—He's so
G
sweet!
I’m so happy in this lovely place, In the garden growing in His grace! There is no finer pleasure Than to eat the living tree And to get the living water into me.
G
I'm so happy
C
in this lovely place,
D
In the garden
D7
growing in His
G
grace!
There is no finer
G7
pleasure
Than to
C
eat the living tree
And to
D
get the living
D7
water into
G-C-G
me.
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With the tree there is the water, Flowing God in Christ to us, Quenching all our dryness, ending all our strife. Hallelujah! In His garden Jesus flows Himself to us, As the full supply for us to grow in life.
With the tree there is the water,
Flowing God in Christ to us,
Quenching all our dryness, ending all our strife.
Hallelujah! In His garden
Jesus flows Himself to us,
As the full supply for us to grow in life.
G
With the tree there is the water,
Flowing
C
God in Christ to us,
Quenching
D
all our dryness,
D7
ending all our
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strife.
Hallelujah! In His garden
Jesus
C
flows Himself to us,
As the
D
full supply for
D7
us to grow in
G
life.
I’m so happy in this lovely place, In the garden growing in His grace! There is no finer pleasure Than to eat the living tree And to get the living water into me.
G
I'm so happy
C
in this lovely place,
D
In the garden
D7
growing in His
G
grace!
There is no finer
G7
pleasure
Than to
C
eat the living tree
And to
D
get the living
D7
water into
G-C-G
me.
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Aren’t you satisfied and thankful That our Lord has brought you in Where His pleasures and His riches flow so free? So be happy and be joyful, In the spirit feast on Him, So God’s garden can bear fruit abundantly.
Aren't you satisfied and thankful
That our Lord has brought you in
Where His pleasures and His riches flow so free?
So be happy and be joyful,
In the spirit feast on Him,
So God's garden can bear fruit abundantly.
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Aren't you satisfied and thankful
That our
C
Lord has brought you in
Where His
D
pleasures and His
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riches flow so free?
So be happy and be joyful,
In the
C
spirit feast on Him,
So God's
D
garden can bear
D7
fruit
G
abundantly.
I’m so happy in this lovely place, In the garden growing in His grace! There is no finer pleasure Than to eat the living tree And to get the living water into me.
First Corinthians 1:9 says that our faithful God has called us into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ. The word "fellowship" includes the thought of enjoyment. Sometimes people may celebrate something by having a party. For us to fellowship together is to have a "party." A party is a fellowship. The Christian meeting may be considered as a Christian party. Every meeting is a party to us. I am interpreting the word party in a very positive sense. A party is an enjoyment. If we are at a party, you will enjoy me and I will enjoy you. We will share our joy and feelings with one another. We are so happy when we are meeting with the saints because our meeting, in a positive sense, is a party.
In our hymnal, there is a hymn about the church life which begins, "I'm so happy in this lovely place" (#1237). It is hard to enjoy such a hymn by ourselves. If we were at home alone in our living room, it would be difficult to sing, "I'm so happy in the living room." But if you are in a small group meeting of ten to fifteen saints, you can declare—"I'm so happy!"—because you are having fellowship, a party. This party is not like the parties in the world with sinful and worldly things. It is a party of the Son, Jesus Christ. We are enjoying Him. We are happy with Him and happy because of Him. We are so happy because He is our joy. He is our enjoyment. Our fellowship, our enjoyment, our party, is to partake of, to participate in, the all-inclusive Christ. The faithful God has called us with a purpose. This purpose is that we may participate in His Son, Jesus Christ. This means that God has given us Christ and that He has called us into the enjoyment of Christ.
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Waco, TX, United States
Splendid church life! We’re so happy in this lovely place!
Temple, Texas, United States
So happy in this lovely place,
In the garden growing in His grace!
Raleigh, NC, United States
"For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s cultivated land, God’s building." (1 Corinthians 3:9) Recovery Version
We are God cultivated land! Christ is growing in us through grace. How organic!
I’m so happy in this lovely place 😊
Leduc, Alberta, Canada
I’m so happy in this lovely place,
In the garden growing in His grace!
There is no finer pleasure
Than to eat the living tree
And to get the living water into me...
Amen, praise the Lord He brought us here in this splendid church life where we can continue to grow in His grace.. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
San Marcos, TX, United States
We love to be in your garden fair, Lord! You are so free to cultivate and make us grow!
9, Kerala, India
I am so happy
Gainesville, FL, United States
Thank You, Lord, for placing us in Your garden! Here we are watered with the living water, growing in life each day! Hallelujah!!
Naivasha, Nakuru, Kenya
I very happy to be in Church
Austin, TX, United States
Jesus has quenched our thirst! We are in the best place, thank You Lord for this garden!