The Lord chief Cornerstone Thou art,

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

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