| 1 | | As the body is the fulness |
| | | | To express our life, |
| | | So to Christ the Church, His Body, |
| | | | Doth express His life. |
| 2 | | E’en as Eve is part of Adam |
| | | | Taken out of him, |
| | | So the Church is Christ’s own increase |
| | | | With Himself within. |
| 3 | | As from out the buried kernel |
| | | | Many grains are formed, |
| | | As the grains together blended |
| | | | To a loaf are formed; |
| 4 | | So the Church, of many Christians, |
| | | | Christ doth multiply, |
| | | Him expressing as one Body, |
| | | | God to glorify. |
| 5 | | As the branches of the grapevine |
| | | | Are its outward spread, |
| | | With it one, abiding, bearing |
| | | | Clusters in its stead; |
| 6 | | So the Church’s many members |
| | | | Christ’s enlargement are, |
| | | One with Him in life and living, |
| | | | Spreading Him afar. |
| 7 | | Fulness, increase, duplication, |
| | | | His expression full, |
| | | Growth and spread, continuation, |
| | | | Surplus plentiful, |
| 8 | | Is the Church to Christ, and thereby |
| | | | God in Christ may be |
| | | Glorified thru His redeemed ones |
| | | | To eternity. |
| 9 | | Thus the Church and Christ together, |
| | | | God’s great mystery, |
| | | Is the mingling of the Godhead |
| | | | With humanity. |
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