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<h2>CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;The church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.&#8221; 1 Timothy 3:15</h3></p>
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<p><em>Words:</em> A. J. Mason.</p>
<p><em>Music:</em> &#8220;State Street,&#8221; Jonathan C. Woodman, 1844 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_statest.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>Church of the living God,<br>
Pillar and ground of truth,<br>
Keep the old paths the fathers trod<br>
In thy illumined youth.</p>
<p>Lo, in thy bosom lies<br>
The touchstone for the age;<br>
Seducing error shrinks and dies<br>
At light from yonder page.</p>
<p>Woe to the hands that dare,<br>
By lust of power enticed<br>
To mingle with the doctrine there<br>
The frauds of Antichrist.</p>
<p>Once to the saints was giv&#8217;n<br>
All bless&egrave;d Gospel lore;<br>
There, written down in words from Heav&#8217;n,<br>
Thou hast it evermore.</p>
<p>Fear not, though doubts abound,<br>
And scoffing tongues deride;<br>
Love of God&#8217;s Word finds surer ground<br>
When to the utmost tried.</p>
<p>Toil at thy sacred text;<br>
More fruitful grows the field;<br>
Each generation to the next<br>
Prepares a richer yield.</p>
<p>God&#8217;s Spirit in the Church,<br>
Still lives unspent, untired,<br>
Inspiring hearts that fain would search<br>
The truths Himself inspired.</p>
<p>Move, Holy Ghost, with might<br>
Amongst us as of old;<br>
Dispel the falsehood, and unite<br>
In true faith and true fold.</p>
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