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| O living Word of God, God's image 
 
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|  | 1. | O living Word of God, God's image | 
|  |  | true, | 
|  |  | Thou art the content of God's written | 
|  |  | word; | 
|  |  | God in Thee we have met, God's | 
|  |  | fulness found, | 
|  |  | And in the Scripture we Thyself have | 
|  |  | heard. | 
|  | 2. | No man has e'er seen God, apart from | 
|  |  | Thee, | 
|  |  | Without the Scripture Thee we'd | 
|  |  | hardly see; | 
|  |  | Thou to the human race God hast | 
|  |  | declared, | 
|  |  | And thru the Scripture Thou art shown | 
|  |  | to me. | 
|  | 3. | Perfect embodiment Thou art of God, | 
|  |  | A portrait full the Scripture gives of | 
|  |  | Thee; | 
|  |  | In Thee we comprehend God's image | 
|  |  | true, | 
|  |  | And thru the Scripture Thou art real to | 
|  |  | me. | 
|  | 4. | Life-giving Spirit Thou, as well as | 
|  |  | Word, | 
|  |  | Now e'en the Spirit in the Word Thou | 
|  |  | art; | 
|  |  | When thru the Spirit giv'n, I touch the | 
|  |  | Word, | 
|  |  | Fulness divine to me Thou dost impart. | 
|  | 5. | In Thee I may with God have | 
|  |  | fellowship, | 
|  |  | And thru the Scripture I on Thee may | 
|  |  | feed; | 
|  |  | Thru study of the Word with prayer to | 
|  |  | God | 
|  |  | Thy glorious riches fully meet my | 
|  |  | need. | 
|  | 6. | Teach me to exercise my spirit, Lord, | 
|  |  | Thy word to study, so to contact Thee, | 
|  |  | That Thou, the living Word, with | 
|  |  | Scripture, too, | 
|  |  | As one my daily manna e'er may be. |