THE ARK AS CENTRE

Although because of sin and man's reproach

It dwelt within a place where all was dark

Which once a year the High Priest might approach

God had a system centred on the Ark.

All furnishings took bearing from its site;

All Israel arrange itself around.

Boards measured from and like it would unite

To frame the Tent amid the barren ground.

And now God's system has Christ as its centre

While all who are for Him derive from Him;

Now through the grace of God we freely enter

A place which, by His light, cannot be dim.

So by God's grace unitedly we stand

Surrounding Him while still on desert sand.