chief Thou Lord The Cornerstone art,

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

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