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O living Word of God, God's image
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| 1. | O living Word of God, God's image |
| | true, |
| | Thou art the content of God's written |
| | word; |
| | God in Thee we have met, God's |
| | fulness found, |
| | And in the Scripture we Thyself have |
| | heard. |
| 2. | No man has e'er seen God, apart from |
| | Thee, |
| | Without the Scripture Thee we'd |
| | hardly see; |
| | Thou to the human race God hast |
| | declared, |
| | And thru the Scripture Thou art shown |
| | to me. |
| 3. | Perfect embodiment Thou art of God, |
| | A portrait full the Scripture gives of |
| | Thee; |
| | In Thee we comprehend God's image |
| | true, |
| | And thru the Scripture Thou art real to |
| | me. |
| 4. | Life-giving Spirit Thou, as well as |
| | Word, |
| | Now e'en the Spirit in the Word Thou |
| | art; |
| | When thru the Spirit giv'n, I touch the |
| | Word, |
| | Fulness divine to me Thou dost impart. |
| 5. | In Thee I may with God have |
| | fellowship, |
| | And thru the Scripture I on Thee may |
| | feed; |
| | Thru study of the Word with prayer to |
| | God |
| | Thy glorious riches fully meet my |
| | need. |
| 6. | Teach me to exercise my spirit, Lord, |
| | Thy word to study, so to contact Thee, |
| | That Thou, the living Word, with |
| | Scripture, too, |
| | As one my daily manna e'er may be. |