Hymns, #815

Study of the Word - The Word and the Spirit

Eng/Kor:815  Chin:590  Span:347  Rus:486  Tag:815  Fra:-  Por:371

Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:A. J. Foxwell
Meter:8.8.8.8.

Hymns using same tune:

#361, #491, #588

 
 1 

Christ is the Word and Spirit too,

And as the Spirit in the Word;

And all the words He speaks to us

Are life and spirit thus conferred.

 
 2 

The Holy Word we have without,

The Holy Spirit is within;

The greatest gifts divine are these,

That we may God enjoy therein.

 
 3 

The Word the Spirit doth express,

The Spirit its reality;

They're but two aspects of one thing

And should not separated be.

 
 4 

Whene'er the Spirit lights the Word

The Word becometh life to us;

When Word from Spirit is divorced,

'Tis empty mental stimulus.

 
 5 

When we the Word in spirit touch,

As life the Spirit it becomes;

The Spirit, when expressed from us,

As words of life to others comes.

 
 6 

Our spirit we must exercise

To take the Word most inwardly,

And then to give the Spirit forth;

The two as one with us should be.

 
 7 

Lord, may Thy Word in me become

The Spirit as my life supply,

And may Thy Spirit in Thy Word

My true expression be thereby.

 
Hymn #815