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Through the ages God has spoken, never changing His decree,
Pointing ever, always, only, to the cross of Calvary.
He revealed Himself in Jesus, God incarnate, His own Son,
Moses' Ark foretells the glory of the Christ His holy One.
Word of God, His Name is Jesus, what He spoke He speaks today.
Word undying, living Jesus formed us into arks of clay.
What is spoken has been spoken, all He said will come to be,
Telling of His living presence, living now inside of me.
Bride of Christ, we come together, joining hands in unity,
One in calling, one in purpose, one in life and purity.
We who are the Ark of Jesus, we the church filled with His life,
May we learn to love each other, as we learn to be His wife.
Arks of clay join in the chorus soon to sing around His throne,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ the mystery known.
We are filled now with His Spirit, in His church new life we see.
Triune Godhead is the marking of our Christianity.
© Doreen Palmer, 1993
(From "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken," Austrian
hymn, Franz J. Haydn 1732-1809)...public domain
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