Hymns, #1325

Ultimate Manifestation - God's Eternal Purpose

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Lyrics:Unknown
Music:Annie F. Harrison
Meter:8.7.8.7.D.

Hymns using same tune:

#589, #1136

 
 1 

God eternal has a purpose,

Formed in His eternal past,

Spreading to eternal future;

'Twixt these ends all time is cast.

For with time there is the process,

Time for His accomplishment;

And in time we're merely travelers —

For eternity we're meant.

 
 2 

God would have a group of people

Built together in His plan,

Blended, knit, coordinated

As His vessel — one new man.

God would come into this vessel

With His nature, life and ways,

Mingling Spirit with our spirits

For His joy and to His praise.

 
 3 

God has worked in three directions

For His plan so marvelous:

As the Father, Son, and Spirit

To dispense Himself to us!

All creation gives the setting —

Heav'n and earth are for this plan;

'Tis for this God made a body,

Soul and spirit — three-part man.

 
 4 

As the center, as the kernel,

Of God's plan our spirit is;

Calling on the name of Jesus

Makes our spirit one with His.

From the center to circumference

God would saturate each part;

Feeling, mind, and will renewing,

Making home in all our heart.

 
 5 

Thus in life we're built together,

Then in love we're knit as one;

God is now His plan fulfilling,

Finishing what He's begun.

Lord, increase Thyself within us

That we might be built by Thee

Into that great corporate vessel

Filled with God exclusively.

 
 6 

As the product, the fulfillment,

Will the church in glory stand,

Consummation of the purpose

In eternal ages planned.

God will have His corporate vessel,

All his glory to contain;

Lord, we're wholly for Thy purpose

All Thy goal in us attain.

 
Hymn #1325