First Line & Chorus
#1250.O surely I will not come in
#1251.To Jerusalem we've come,
Chorus:Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
#1252.Down in Babylon, in captivity,
Chorus:Stirred up! Stirred up!
#1253.Lord, Thy word of old to David
#1254.This is the time for building the temple of the Lord
Chorus:Be strong, be strong, God's dwelling place to build!
#1255.We are for the Lord's recovery
Chorus:We are for the Lord's,
#1256.Praise the Lord, we're in the Lord's recovery —
#1257.Do you see them in the cities,
Chorus:'Tis the local church, the church God has chosen,
#1258.Oh, how lovable, how precious
#1259.See the local churches,
Chorus:See the local churches,
#1260.We're in the local church,
#1261.In Chicago* land we must take our stand
Chorus:Purpose, purpose, Thine eternal purpose;
#1262.It's by our mingled spirit, Lord,
#1263.There's a church in New York City*,
#1264.In the age of Revelation,
Chorus:Christ and a burning church,
#1265.The churches are the Body
Chorus:The churches, the churches,
#1266.Burning, burning, we are burning,
Chorus:Christ and the local church,
#1267.We are for the great migration,
#1268.When Noah worked upon the ark as God to him decreed,
Chorus:Now Jesus' testimony, we in the churches see,
#1269.There in old Chaldea, product of man's fall,
Chorus:Our Lord God Jehovah called a corporate man,
#1270.We are the Hebrews! Praise the Lord!
Chorus:Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
#1271.We're the river-crossers, Hebrews is our name;
Chorus:We are the Hebrews, that's our real name;
#1272.The birthright God has giv'n to us
#1273.Christ has called us once to Him,
Chorus:Overcome! Overcome!
#1274.In Revelation two and three,
#1275.Glorious things of thee are spoken,
#1276.Oh, the Lord is quickly coming,
#1277.Now in all the churches flowing,
#1278.In the church of Jesus there is love for you,
#1279.What we are, we're His image;
#1280.We've become the Lord's dear brothers
Chorus:Jesus is our Elder Brother,
#1281.All the meetings Christ appointed
#1282.Marching on, marching on, in the Spirit marching on;
Chorus:In the church we see
#1283.Fight, saints, for Jesus our Lord!
#1284.Our eyes have seen the vision:
Chorus:Come forward! Come forward!
#1285.The faith which once for all was giv'n
Chorus:And we know whom we have believed
#1286.The Lord has shown the way
Chorus:On to victory! On to victory!
#1287.Let's take the land! The land that God has given us;
Chorus:Let's take the land! O Christian brothers,
#1288.In Eden's garden, Satan thought
#1289.The vict'ry's won! The Lord has triumphed o'er the foe!
Chorus:The vict'ry's won! O Christian brothers,
#1290.O Lord, we've seen Your purpose to bring the many sons
#1291.At the end of Luke's gospel, chapter twenty and two,
Chorus:Though there's all kinds of battles in our living each day,
#1292.An uplifted gospel have we,
#1293.O I'm a man —
#1294.Come let us speak till the kingdom of the Lord comes down.
#1295.Ours is a fellowship in the gospel
#1296.The universe of God consists
#1297.From the beachhead in our spirit
#1298.Chosen by God in ages past,
#1299.Man's Creator has a purpose