1Lo, the central thought of God
Is that He be one with man;
He to man is everything
That He might fulfill His plan.
2Earthen vessel man was made-
Body, soul, and spirit too,
God as life that he may take
And with Him have oneness true.
3By 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.
6In 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.
7Christ, the tree of life, is there
In the flowing of the stream,
Yielding fruit of life divine
As the food of life supreme.
8God in Christ, the glorious light,
Thru the city brightly shines,
Scattering all the deathly night
With its light of life divine.
9God in man and man in God
Mutual dwelling thus possess;
God the content is to man,
And the man doth God express.