Hymns, #863

Meetings - Christ as the Center

Eng/Kor:863  Chin:627  Span:390  Rus:142  Tag:863  Fra:863  Por:403

Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:H. J. E. Holmes
Meter:10.10.10.10.

Hymn using same tune: #556

 
 1 

In daily walk and in our meetings too,

Christ is the center, Christ is everything;

'Tis not for form nor doctrine good and true,

But 'tis for Christ alone we're gathering.

 
 2 

Christ is the way and Christ the light of life,

In Him we walk and by Him we are led;

Christ is the living water and the food;

Of Him we drink and we with Him are fed.

 
 3 

Christ is the truth, 'tis Him we testify,

Christ is the life, 'tis Him we minister;

Christ is the Lord, 'tis Him we magnify,

Christ is the Head, and we exalt Him here.

 
 4 

Christ is the All in all to God and man —

With Him both we and God are satisfied;

Christ, the reality within the Church —

By Him are life and numbers multiplied.

 
 5 

By all the hymns and prayers we offer here,

Christ the reality we would express;

All the activities in fellowship —

Christ thus in operation manifest.

 
 6 

'Tis in His Name we meet, in Spirit act,

With nothing in our mind to formalize;

'Tis by His pow'r we pray, in unction praise,

And with Himself in spirit exercise.

 
 7 

All things forgetting, cleaving unto Christ,

Applying Him until maturity;

Let us count everything but loss for Him,

For Him, our All in all, eternally.

 
Hymn #863