| 1 | The Church the vessel is to Christ, |
| | Him to contain and Him express, |
| | Just as the human body doth |
| | Man’s life show forth, his life possess. |
| 2 | As was the temple to the ark, |
| | Receptacle and resting-place; |
| | So Christ the Church’s content is, |
| | And in the Church, Christ’s dwelling-place. |
| 3 | As Christ is God’s true mystery, |
| | God to explain and God express; |
| | So is the Church Christ’s mystery, |
| | Christ to explain and manifest. |
| 4 | The members of the Church of Christ |
| | Are all primarily of clay; |
| | They need to be transformed and made |
| | Transparent, precious day by day. |
| 5 | By transformation they are built, |
| | A vessel they to Christ afford; |
| | His all-inclusiveness they hold; |
| | Transparent, they express the Lord. |
| 6 | Thru all the transformation work |
| | The triune God performs in them, |
| | The Church a corporate vessel is |
| | And like the new Jerusalem. |
| 7 | How precious she in each respect, |
| | Transparent too in every phase; |
| | Christ with God’s fulness she contains, |
| | Christ with God’s glory she displays. |
| 8 | With Christ as life, with God as light, |
| | And with the Spirit’s living flow, |
| | The triune God she manifests |
| | For all the universe to know. |
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