Cornerstone The chief Lord Thou art,

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

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