1  Throughout the whole of Holy Writ

    The saints in type are manifest

    As like a bride, God's heart to please,

    And as a building for His rest.

 2  The types and figures of the Church

    In the Old Testament are these:

    A building meet for life and rule,

    A bride the man to match and please.

 3  God's people in the ancient times

    Were called by God His very spouse;

    Among them and with them were built

    God's ruling city and God's house.

 4  Incarnate God, the God-man, Christ,

    As Bridegroom for the Bride has come;

    With His own life He quickened her,

    That she His counterpart become.

 5  In resurrection Christ doth now,

    As David's Son, God's temple build,

    That God may have a resting place

    And there accomplish all He willed.

 6  The Church is thus the Bride of Christ,

    In whom His full delight doth rest;

    It is a dwelling place to God

    Where He may live and be expressed.

 7  The new Jerusalem will be

    The full perfection ultimate

    Of all the types of house and bride,

    Th' eternal plan to consummate.

 8  It is the Bride which matches Christ,

    Thru whom He may Himself express;

    It is God's tabernacle too

    In which our God can rule and rest.

 9  The ultimate completion 'tis

    Of God's work in humanity,

    His full expression glorious

    Thru His redeemed eternally.