Chapter 3

“Blessèd city, heavenly Salem,Vision dear of peace and love,Whoof living stonesupbuilded,Art the joy of heaven above.Many a blow and biting sculpturePolished well those stones elect,In their places now compactedBy the heavenly Architect.Christ is made the sure foundationAnd the precious corner-stone,Who, the twofold walls uniting,Binds them closely into one.”

“Blessèd city, heavenly Salem,Vision dear of peace and love,Whoof living stonesupbuilded,Art the joy of heaven above.Many a blow and biting sculpturePolished well those stones elect,In their places now compactedBy the heavenly Architect.Christ is made the sure foundationAnd the precious corner-stone,Who, the twofold walls uniting,Binds them closely into one.”

“Blessèd city, heavenly Salem,Vision dear of peace and love,Whoof living stonesupbuilded,Art the joy of heaven above.

“Blessèd city, heavenly Salem,

Vision dear of peace and love,

Whoof living stonesupbuilded,

Art the joy of heaven above.

Many a blow and biting sculpturePolished well those stones elect,In their places now compactedBy the heavenly Architect.

Many a blow and biting sculpture

Polished well those stones elect,

In their places now compacted

By the heavenly Architect.

Christ is made the sure foundationAnd the precious corner-stone,Who, the twofold walls uniting,Binds them closely into one.”

Christ is made the sure foundation

And the precious corner-stone,

Who, the twofold walls uniting,

Binds them closely into one.”


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