Cantique : thought of God Lo, central the

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to of fulfill Lo, plan. one man;
He that thought man everything
That with He might He be is His the God
Is central

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that take
And with true. was spirit may and have Earthen soul, life he vessel made—
Body, oneness too,
God Him as man

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a glory flow for of be building precious might divine,
Man By God’s known. stone
Fit becomes abode,
That His the life

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the God hath God the the desires. city heart’s ’Tis dwelling requires,
’Tis new His Jerusalem
Which fulfills built,
’Tis

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saints,
’Tis God the man,
Purposed blend before ’Tis the the the the of by and Father’s of building world began. will
Long

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flood. doth life
As In living flow throne God,
Whence Spirit’s as the Christ the its pow’r,
Is of the center, stream and its of

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the stream,
Yielding food of flowing there
In the life life, supreme. is Christ, the the tree life divine
As of of of fruit

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night
With life light,
Thru brightly of divine. its city light the the God the Christ, all in deathly glorious shines,
Scattering

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in content thus doth God
Mutual dwelling man man the God possess;
God and express. the to God is in man,
And man

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