chief Lord Thou art, The Cornerstone

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

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