| 1 | Thou art God’s testimony, Lord, |
| | | Much better than the law; |
| | The law in letter was engraved, |
| | | In it Thy type men saw. |
| | A definition was the law, |
| | | God’s picture to provide; |
| | But Thou art God’s reality, |
| | | In Thee doth God abide. |
| 2 | The ark of testimony too |
| | | Was but a type of Thee; |
| | In it the law of God was placed, |
| | | But God in Thee we see. |
| | The ark, in type, was made of wood |
| | | And overlaid with gold; |
| | It typifies Thee as a man, |
| | | Who God in full doth hold. |
| 3 | Thou art the tabernacle too, |
| | | God’s holy dwelling place; |
| | Incarnate in the flesh Thou art, |
| | | And full of truth and grace. |
| | God’s glory we behold in Thee, |
| | | Thou art the Word divine; |
| | Thy words and deeds of love and light |
| | | Do God in life define. |
| 4 | The temple was a type of Thee; |
| | | The house of God Thou art; |
| | God dwells in Thee, Himself to show, |
| | | His fulness to impart. |
| | Though Thou by Satan wast destroyed |
| | | And numbered with the dead, |
| | In resurrection Thou dost build |
| | | A larger one instead. |
| 5 | The city shows Thy fulness true, |
| | | A figure of Thy Bride, |
| | The increase of Thyself in full, |
| | | In whom Thou dost abide. |
| | In Thee is God, the light divine, |
| | | The lamp in her art Thou; |
| | With Thee God shines thru her on all, |
| | | His glory to avow. |
| 6 | The tabernacle and the ark, |
| | | The law within them stored, |
| | The temple and the city too, |
| | | Are all Thyself, dear Lord. |
| | Thou art the hub, Thou art the rim, |
| | | The all in all Thou art! |
| | In Thee we see both God and man, |
| | | How precious to our heart! |
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