The Church the vessel is to Christ (Hymn 821)

Verse 1: The Church the vessel is to Christ, Him to contain and Him express, Just as the human body doth Man's life show forth, his life possess. Verse 2: As was the temple to the ark, Receptacle and resting-place; So Christ the Church's content is, And in the Church, Christ's dwelling-place. Verse 3: As Christ is God's true mystery, God to explain and God express; So is the Church Christ's mystery, Christ to explain and manifest. Verse 4: The members of the Church of Christ Are all primarily of clay; They need to be transformed and made Transparent, precious day by day. Verse 5: By transformation they are built, A vessel they to Christ afford; His all-inclusiveness they hold; Transparent, they express the Lord. Verse 6: Thru all the transformation work The triune God performs in them, The Church a corporate vessel is And like the new Jerusalem. Verse 7: How precious she in each respect, Transparent too in every phase; Christ with God's fulness she contains, Christ with God's glory she displays. Verse 8: With Christ as life, with God as light, And with the Spirit's living flow, The triune God she manifests For all the universe to know.