This hymn may be used as five separate hymns as follows:
1. Verses 1 to 8 and 26
2. Verses 1 and 9 to 13 and 26
3. Verses I and 14 to 17 and 26
4. Verses I and 18 to 21 and 26
5. Verses 1 and 22 to 26
1 |
O Lord, how rich Thou art to us, Thy love reveals the measure! The boundless riches of Thyself, In spirit here we treasure. |
2 |
Thou art the Word, e'en God Himself, With God in the beginning; Incarnate in the flesh with us, And God to us defining. |
3 |
Thou art the tabernacle true, In Thee we see God's glory; For God Thou art the temple too, In Thee is God's full story. |
4 |
Thou art the only Son of God, The Father e'er declaring, That we may have the life divine, God's very nature sharing. |
5 |
Thou art the Son of Man like us, And truly share our nature, That we may be the sons of God And grow to Thy full stature. |
6 |
Thou art the Christ, the Lord of all, By God Thou art anointed; The One who is the All in all, For God and us appointed. |
7 |
Thou art the Savior crucified, Whence issued blood and water, That we might be redeemed to God, And life divine may enter. |
8 |
Thou now art Jesus glorified, From whom descends the Spirit; The all-inclusive Spirit comes To us with all Thy merit. |
9 |
Thou art the very light of life That shineth in the darkness; The light divine that shines with God Within our hearts in fulness. |
10 |
Thou art the very life divine, Which all our spirits quickens; The life which brings us out of death And all our being strengthens. |
11 |
Lord, Thou art God's reality, The truth that meets God's pleasure; The truth that brings Thyself to us, That we may know Thy measure. |
12 |
Thou also art the way of life, Which unto glory leads us; The way of Thy reality, Which into vict'ry speeds us. |
13 |
Thou art the resurrection too, All death Thy life doth swallow; 'Tis by Thy resurrection pow'r, We bear the cross and follow. |
14 |
Thou art the spotless Lamb of God, Who died for our redemption; Thou art the Spirit-giver too, For our regeneration. |
15 |
Thou art the serpent made of brass, Who saveth us from evil; Thou on the tree wast lifted up, To crush for us the devil. |
16 |
Thou art the Shepherd and the door, For us to leave the sheepfold, By Thee we have full liberty And share the pasture freehold. |
17 |
Thy washing keeps us always clean, In function like the laver; Thus we are kept in fellowship, Partaking of Thy favor. |
18 |
Thou art the heav'nly riven rock, With living water flowing; We drink of this refreshing stream, Thy quenching power knowing. |
19 |
Thou art the heav'nly well, in Thee Is living water ever; We drink of Thine eternal life, And thirst no more forever. |
20 |
Thou art the heav'nly bread of life, Thy food divine doth flourish; With all Thy riches bountiful Our spirits Thou dost nourish. |
21 |
Thou even art our breath of life Thyself we breathe in spirit, By Thee we live, in Thee we walk, Thy riches we inherit. |
22 |
Thou art the grain of wheat divine, That died and rose with glory, To bring forth us as many grains To form Thy glorious Body. |
23 |
Thou art the true and heav'nly vine, And we in Thee are branches; In Thee abiding, Thou in us, We share in all Thy riches. |
24 |
Thou art the Bridegroom from above To take the Bride, Thy Body; That we may be with Thee as one, In life and love and glory. |
25 |
Thou art the ladder Jacob saw, By Thee the heav'n is open; In Thee we are the house of God, And earth is joined to heaven. |
26 |
O Lord, Thou art the great "I AM," Who all our need doth furnish; Enjoying Thee as all in all, God's purpose we accomplish. |