1
As the body is the fullness
To express our life,
So to Christ the Church, His Body,
Doth express His life.
DAs
the body
A
is
the
D
fullness
DSo
to
A
Christ
the Church, His
Bm
Body,
2
E’en as Eve is part of Adam
Taken out of him,
So the Church is Christ’s own increase
With Himself within.
E'en as Eve is part of Adam
Taken out of him,
So the Church is Christ's own increase
With Himself within.
DE'en
as Eve is
A
part
of
D
Adam
DSo
the
A
Church
is Christ's own
Bm
increase
GWith
D
Himself
A7 G-D
within.
3
As from out the buried kernel
Many grains are formed,
As the grains together blended
To a loaf are formed;
As from out the buried kernel
Many grains are formed,
As the grains together blended
To a loaf are formed;
DAs
from out the
A
buried
D
kernel
Many
G
grains
are
A
formed,
DAs
the
A
grains
together
Bm
blended
GTo
a
D
loaf
A7
are
G-D
formed;
4
So the Church, of many Christians,
Christ doth multiply,
Him expressing as one Body,
God to glorify.
So the Church, of many Christians,
Christ doth multiply,
Him expressing as one Body,
God to glorify.
DSo
the Church, of
A
many
D
Christians,
Christ doth
G A
multiply,
DHim
A
expressing
as one
Bm
Body,
GGod
to
D A7 G-D
glorify.
5
As the branches of the grapevine
Are its outward spread,
With it one, abiding, bearing
Clusters in its stead;
As the branches of the grapevine
Are its outward spread,
With it one, abiding, bearing
Clusters in its stead;
DAs
the branches
A
of
the
D
grapevine
Are its
G
outward
A
spread,
DWith
it
A
one,
abiding,
Bm
bearing
GClusters
D
in
A7
its
G-D
stead;
6
So the Church’s many members
Christ’s enlargement are,
One with Him in life and living,
Spreading Him afar.
So the Church's many members
Christ's enlargement are,
One with Him in life and living,
Spreading Him afar.
DSo
the Church's
A
many
D
members
Christ's
G
enlargement
A
are,
DOne
with
A
Him
in life and
Bm
living,
GSpreading
D
Him
A7 G-D
afar.
7
Fullness, increase, duplication,
His expression full,
Growth and spread, continuation,
Surplus plentiful,
Fullness, increase, duplication,
His expression full,
Growth and spread, continuation,
Surplus plentiful,
DFullness,
increase,
A D
duplication,
DGrowth
and
A
spread,
Bm
continuation,
GSurplus
D A7 G-D
plentiful,
8
Is the Church to Christ, and thereby
God in Christ may be
Glorified thru His redeemed ones
To eternity.
Is the Church to Christ, and thereby
God in Christ may be
Glorified thru His redeemed ones
To eternity.
DIs
the Church to
A
Christ,
and
D
thereby
D AGlorified
thru His
Bm
redeemed
ones
9
Thus the Church and Christ together,
God’s great mystery,
Is the mingling of the Godhead
With humanity.
Thus the Church and Christ together,
God's great mystery,
Is the mingling of the Godhead
With humanity.
DThus
the Church and
A
Christ
D
together,
DIs
the
A
mingling
of the
Bm
Godhead
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