Tune: Quebec
(\'Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts\')
Matthew 21 v.42 & v.44
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Christ, He be the chief corner stone
The house built sure on Him alone
Yet the builders Him rejected
Would build up their own house instead
Yet same corner stone is become
Head of the corner, not just some
Of the building does He uphold
But every part, let it be told
This is the Lord\'s doing, it be
Marvellous in our eyes, we see
Building is built by Him, secure
Founded on Christ for evermore
Whoso shall fall on this stone shall
Be broken, heed what now does tell
But on whoso this stone shall fall
They shall be ground to powder all
Lord, help us rather fall on you
And willing to be broken too
That you fall not on us, it dire
It shall be our end, our expire
But moulded in you service, we
To your plan and shape sure will be
Part of the building, of the whole
We are in body, spirit, soul