Hymns, #976

Ultimate Manifestation - The Holy City

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Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:Herbert H. Booth
Meter:8.7.8.7.D. with chorus.

Hymns using same tune:

#62, #221, #227, #369

 
 1 

O Lord Jesus, Thy redeemed ones

Are Thy Body and Thy Bride;

As Thy fulness, Thine expression,

In her Thou art glorified.

Thou, her all in all forever,

She Thy riches doth declare;

Thou dost fully saturate her

And Thy glory with her share.

 

Lo, the holy city,

Full of God's bright glory!

It is God's complete expression

In humanity.

 
 2 

God with man completely blended,

Mystery of godliness,

God in glory, full, resplendent,

Man, His dwelling, doth express.

'Tis a vessel universal

All God's fulness to express;

All His beauty manifesting,

Mingled with His holiness.

 

Lo, the holy city,

Full of God's bright glory!

It is God's complete expression

In humanity.

 
 3 

'Tis a living composition

Of the saints He hath transformed;

As the pearls and stones most precious,

To His image they're conformed:

From the throne of God, its center,

Flows the living water free;

Christ the tree of life doth flourish,

Bearing fruit abundantly.

 

Lo, the holy city,

Full of God's bright glory!

It is God's complete expression

In humanity.

 
 4 

'Tis th' eternal golden lampstand,

Holding Christ, the lamp of light;

God in Christ the light of glory

As the Spirit shineth bright!

'Tis the ultimate expression —

Man in God and God in man;

'Tis their mutual habitation,

Goal of God's eternal plan.

 

Lo, the holy city,

Full of God's bright glory!

It is God's complete expression

In humanity.

 
Hymn #976