| 1 | Lo, the central thought of God |
| | Is that He be one with man; |
| | He to man is everything |
| | That He might fulfill His plan. |
| 2 | Earthen vessel man was made- |
| | Body, soul, and spirit too, |
| | God as life that he may take |
| | And with Him have oneness true. |
| 3 | By the flow of life divine, |
| | Man becomes a precious stone |
| | Fit for building God’s abode, |
| | That His glory might be known. |
| 4 | ’Tis the city God hath built, |
| | ’Tis the dwelling God requires, |
| | ’Tis the new Jerusalem |
| | Which fulfills His heart’s desires. |
| 5 | ’Tis the building of the saints, |
| | ’Tis the blend of God and man, |
| | Purposed by the Father’s will |
| | Long before the world began. |
| 6 | In its center, as its pow’r, |
| | Is the throne of Christ and God, |
| | Whence doth flow the stream of life |
| | As the Spirit’s living flood. |
| 7 | Christ, the tree of life, is there |
| | In the flowing of the stream, |
| | Yielding fruit of life divine |
| | As the food of life supreme. |
| 8 | God in Christ, the glorious light, |
| | Thru the city brightly shines, |
| | Scattering all the deathly night |
| | With its light of life divine. |
| 9 | God in man and man in God |
| | Mutual dwelling thus possess; |
| | God the content is to man, |
| | And the man doth God express. |
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