Lo, the central thought of God

Lo

the central thought of God

Is that He be one with man;

He to man is everything

That He might fulfill His plan.

Earthen vessel man was made—

Body

soul

and spirit too

God as life that he may take

And with Him have oneness true.

By the flow of life divine

Man becomes a precious stone

Fit for building God’s abode

That His glory might be known.

’Tis the city God hath built

’Tis the dwelling God requires

’Tis the new Jerusalem

Which fulfills His heart’s desires.

’Tis the building of the saints

’Tis the blend of God and man

Purposed by the Father’s will

Long before the world began.

In its center

as its pow’r

Is the throne of Christ and God

Whence doth flow the stream of life

As the Spirit’s living flood.

Christ

the tree of life

is there

In the flowing of the stream

Yielding fruit of life divine

As the food of life supreme.

God in Christ

the glorious light

Thru the city brightly shines

Scattering all the deathly night

With its light of life divine.

God in man and man in God

Mutual dwelling thus possess;

God the content is to man

And the man doth God express.