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

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