1
Christ is the mystery of God;
God is invisible, unshown,
His image man hath never seen,
But Christ the Son hath made Him known.
DChrist
A
is
the
A7
of
D
God;
DHis
B7
image
Em
man
A7
hath
A
seen,
DBut
Christ the
G
Son
D
hath
Em
made
A7
Him
D-G-D
known.
2
Christ is the very Word of God,
He is God’s explanation true;
God’s full embodiment is He
And God’s own image brings to view.
Christ is the very Word of God,
He is God's explanation true;
God's full embodiment is He
And God's own image brings to view.
DChrist
A
is
the
Bm D
very
G
Word
A7
of
D
God,
He
G
is
God's
D A E7
explanation
A
true;
DGod's
B7
full
Em A7 D
embodiment
G
is
A
He
DAnd
God's own
G D
image
Em
brings
A7
to
D-G-D
view.
3
Image of God invisible,
Effulgence of God’s glory fair;
God’s fullness ever dwells in Him,
God’s testimony He doth bear.
Image of God invisible,
Effulgence of God's glory fair;
God's fullness ever dwells in Him,
God's testimony He doth bear.
D AImage
of
Bm
God
D G A7 D
invisible,
GEffulgence
D
of
God's
A E7
glory
A
fair;
DGod's
B7
fullness
Em A7
ever
D
dwells
G
in
A
Him,
DGod's
G D
testimony
Em
He
A7
doth
D-G-D
bear.
4
The Church the myst’ry is of Christ,
For He is now to man unshown;
No man on earth may see Him now,
But thru the Church He is made known.
The Church the myst'ry is of Christ,
For He is now to man unshown;
No man on earth may see Him now,
But thru the Church He is made known.
DThe
A
Church
the
Bm D
myst'ry
G
is
A7
of
D
Christ,
For
G
He
is
D
now
to
A
man
E7 A
unshown;
DNo
B7
man
on
Em
earth
A7
may
D
see
G
Him
A
now,
DBut
thru the
G
Church
D
He
Em
is
A7
made
D-G-D
known.
5
The Church is Christ’s expression full,
In her Christ dwelleth bodily;
She is His duplication true,
And man in her Himself may see.
The Church is Christ's expression full,
In her Christ dwelleth bodily;
She is His duplication true,
And man in her Himself may see.
DThe
A
Church
is
Bm
Christ's
D G A7
expression
D
full,
In
G
her
Christ
D
dwelleth
A E7 A
bodily;
DShe
B7
is
His
Em A7 D G
duplication
A
true,
DAnd
man in
G
her
D Em
Himself
A7
may
D-G-D
see.
6
The Church the image has of Christ,
She is His increase and His spread;
Christ’s very self is found in her
The Body, she, to Christ the Head.
The Church the image has of Christ,
She is His increase and His spread;
Christ's very self is found in her
The Body, she, to Christ the Head.
DThe
A
Church
the
Bm D
image
G
has
A7
of
D
Christ,
She
G
is
His
D
increase
A
and
E7
His
A
spread;
DChrist's
B7
very
Em
self
A7
is
D
found
G
in
A
her
DThe
Body,
G
she,
D
to
Em
Christ
A7
the
D-G-D
Head.
7
Thus, in the Son the Father is,
And now the Spirit is the Son;
The Spirit of the triune God
Is in the Church and with her one.
Thus, in the Son the Father is,
And now the Spirit is the Son;
The Spirit of the triune God
Is in the Church and with her one.
DThus,
A
in
the
Bm
Son
D
the
G A7
Father
D
is,
And
G
now
the
D
Spirit
A
is
E7
the
A
Son;
DThe
B7
Spirit
Em
of
A7
the
D G
triune
A
God
DIs
in the
G
Church
D
and
Em
with
A7
her
D-G-D
one.
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