The type

The phrase "The type" resonates through 6 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

The type· 6 hymns found
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And as a building for His rest.
And from dream­land torn,
But learned the Gos­pel too:
This great ful­fill­er of his law.
The true Mes­si­ah now ap­pears,
Saints, the dying words record.

The type

In the Old Testament are these:
Man’s great East­er morn!
In which they saw the Sav­ior’s face.
Obtained their chief de­sign, and ceased;
So fly the sha­dows and the stars
Of the ceremonial law!

Throughout the whole of Holy Writ

lyricist: Witness Lee
Composer: Francis Duckworth
Hymn 1

...And as a building for His rest.

The types and figures of the Church

In the Old Testament are these:...

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And as a building for His rest.

The types and figures of the Church

In the Old Testament are these:

Throughout the whole of Holy Writ

In the Star of Morning

lyricist: George Grantham (1833–1885)
Composer: Robert Smith (1833–1905)
Hymn 2

...And from dream­land torn,

See the type fore­sha­dow

Man’s great East­er morn!...

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And from dream­land torn,

See the type fore­sha­dow

Man’s great East­er morn!

In the Star of Morning

Israel in Ancient Days

lyricist: William Cowper, 1779
Composer: Anonymous
Hymn 3

...But learned the Gos­pel too:

The types and fig­ures were a glass,

In which they saw the Sav­ior’s face....

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But learned the Gos­pel too:

The types and fig­ures were a glass,

In which they saw the Sav­ior’s face.

Israel in Ancient Days

Behold the Woman’s Promised Seed

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707
Composer: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1774
Hymn 4

...This great ful­fill­er of his law.

The types bore wit­ness to His name,

Obtained their chief de­sign, and ceased;...

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This great ful­fill­er of his law.

The types bore wit­ness to His name,

Obtained their chief de­sign, and ceased;

Behold the Woman’s Promised Seed

The True Messiah Now Appears

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1707–09
Composer: Sylvanus Pond, 1836
Hymn 5

...The true Mes­si­ah now ap­pears,

The types are all with­drawn:

So fly the sha­dows and the stars...

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The true Mes­si­ah now ap­pears,

The types are all with­drawn:

So fly the sha­dows and the stars

The True Messiah Now Appears

Hark! the voice of love and mercy

lyricist: Jonathan Evans
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Hymn 6

...Saints, the dying words record.

Finished all the types and shadows

Of the ceremonial law!...

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Saints, the dying words record.

Finished all the types and shadows

Of the ceremonial law!

Hark! the voice of love and mercy

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