No man-made church but God’s alone,

Is built on Jesus, the Corner stone;

Though wicked men this church assail,

"The gates of hell cannot prevail."

With Jesus alone—With Jesus alone,

The only foundation, the chief Corner Stone;

Through faith in God through Jesus’ Blood,

We’re members of the Church of God.

This holy temple in the Lord,

Is fitly framed without discord;

Of polished stones the walls were laid!

Complete in one as Jesus prayed.

God set the members every one,

Into the body of His Son.

Their names are in the Book of Life—

This holy church is Jesus’ wife.

Built up in Jesus, our living Head;

Together quickened from the dead;

This Church of God is from above;

Its only bonds are bonds of love.

The prophets and the apostles true;

The martyrs, too, with death in view;

With all the saints who lived and died,

Were in the Church where we abide.

We dare not trust in human aid,

Nor join a Church that man has made;

Built on the sands of Babel tall,

When storms arise her walls will fall.

The Lord of life from glory came,

To make our minds and hearts the same;

His gospel, law, and government,

Unto His children He has sent.

No more the Gentile and the Jew,

But one new man made of the two;

The lines of strife no more to lay,

But walk in love from day to day.

The law of love He did command,

That by it we should understand;

And by it all His children know,

For out of it no strife can grow.

Alas, where is this law today;

From which so many have gone astray?

The law of Christ they have denied;

By human laws they are supplied.

Will Christians close their eyes and ears,

against the light that now appears;

While still they bow to human laws,

Which God will burn like useless straws?

Dear brethren, for the sake Christ,

Leave off these things that gender strife;

Be by His Spirit ever led;

He is the church’s only Head.