1  God's eternal purpose

       Is to join with man,

    Causing man, His vessel,

       To be born again,

    His own life imparting,

       Filling to the brim;

    Man may thus express Him,

       And be one with Him.

 2  God in His own image

       Hath created man,

    That he may be able

       To fulfill His plan;

    That he may receive Him

       As the tree of life

    To become His fulness

       As to man the wife.

 3  In His life's rich flowing

       Man will be transformed

    Into precious substance

       And to Him conformed.

    Thus will man be builded

       As His counterpart,

    Thus to be His dwelling,

       Satisfy His heart.

 4  'Tis the holy city,

       New Jerusalem;

    With His saints God mingles,

       Makes His home with them.

    He becomes their content,

       His expression they;

    They shall share His glory,

       One with Him for aye.

 5  He's the very center,

       Ruling on the throne;

    By His life the power,

       Saints are kept in one.

    By His light of glory,

       They are kept in light,

    Harmony enjoying

       In divine delight.

 6  He's their living water,

       And their food supply;

    All their thirst and hunger

       He doth satisfy.

    He's for them the temple,

       In Himself they live,

    In His constant presence

       Worship ever give.