| 1 | For the Church should be our service, |
| | | ’Tis the perfect will of God; |
| | ’Tis the only way of working |
| | | Which the Lord’s apostles trod. |
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| | | For the Church should be our service, |
| | | | Not our aims to satisfy; |
| | | This, the perfect will of God is, |
| | | | And with it we must comply. |
| 2 | For ‘tis God’s eternal purpose |
| | | That the Church His vessel be; |
| | He intends that all our service |
| | | Build His Church continually. |
| 3 | All the gifted persons given |
| | | To the Body by the Head |
| | Are to aid the Church’s building, |
| | | That to fulness she be led. |
| 4 | All the gifts and all the functions, |
| | | All the spirit’s power shown, |
| | All the ministries are given |
| | | For the Church and that alone. |
| 5 | All the preaching of the Gospel, |
| | | All the teaching ministry, |
| | Every other kind of service |
| | | For the church alone should be. |
| 6 | Ministry is for the Churches, |
| | | Not the Church for ministry; |
| | All the lampstands are the Churches, |
| | | Not a form of ministry. |
| 7 | This will keep the Church’s oneness, |
| | | Saving us from every sect; |
| | This will ever test our motives, |
| | | And our aim will thus correct. |
| 8 | Lord, deliver us from our work, |
| | | From the work of any sect; |
| | For Thy Church alone we’d labor |
| | | And its building up effect. |
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