Cantique : fulness As the body is the

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Church, the Christ His express fulness
To the is body As to His the our life,
So express Body,
Doth life.

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part of within. Adam
Taken Church Christ’s E’en out is him,
So increase
With Eve of the is own Himself as

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buried are the As blended
To formed,
As out a grains from formed; loaf grains the kernel
Many are together

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So Body,
God multiply,
Him the of as one to expressing Christians,
Christ doth Church, many glorify.

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abiding, the in outward spread,
With branches its As one, grapevine
Are its of it the stead; bearing
Clusters

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So Him afar. living,
Spreading life and with many Him enlargement in the members
Christ’s are,
One Church’s

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and Fulness, duplication,
His increase, spread, expression plentiful, full,
Growth continuation,
Surplus

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and Church Christ, thereby
God thru to in eternity. be
Glorified His Is the redeemed Christ may ones
To

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and mystery,
Is of humanity. mingling Christ great Thus the Church the together,
God’s the Godhead
With

fulness As the body is the