815--Christ is the Word and Spirit too,

Christ is the Word and Spirit too,

815

	1.	Christ is the Word and Spirit too,
		And as the Spirit in the Word;
		And all the words He speaks to us
		Are life and spirit thus conferred.
	2.	The Holy Word we have without,
		The Holy Spirit is within;
		The greatest gifts divine are these,
		That we may God enjoy therein.
	3.	The Word the Spirit doth express,
		The Spirit its reality;
		They're but two aspects of one thing
		And should not separated be.
	4.	Whene'er the Spirit lights the Word
		The Word becometh life to us;
		When Word from Spirit is divorced,
		'Tis empty mental stimulus.
	5.	When we the Word in spirit touch,
		As life the Spirit it becomes;
		The Spirit, when expressed from us,
		As words of life to others comes.
	6.	Our spirit we must exercise
		To take the Word most inwardly,
		And then to give the Spirit forth;
		The two as one with us should be.
	7.	Lord, may Thy Word in me become
		The Spirit as my life supply,
		And may Thy Spirit in Thy Word
		My true expression be thereby.