The Lord Thou art, Cornerstone chief

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

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