召会是主的身体，也是神的居所；是众圣徒的结集，也是神人调和；创世以前神所选，十架主死所赎；性质、地位全属天，地上任何不属。
The Church is Christ's own Body,
The Father's dwelling-place,
The gathering of the called ones,
God blended with man's race;
Elect before creation,
Redeemed by Calv'ry's death,
Her character and standing
Of heaven, not of earth.

她是新造的新人，基督复活所生；圣灵里面受了浸，借道之洗成圣。基督是她的生命，又是她的元首；她与基督同性情，高升远超万有。
New man of new creation,
Born through her risen Lord,
Baptized in God the Spirit,
Made holy by His Word;
Christ is her life and content,
Himself her glorious Head;
She has ascended with Him
O'er all her foes to tread.

她的根基已立定，乃是耶稣基督；能与基督同神圣，才是她的事物。凡属她者都需要经过十架妙死，在复活里被建造，全是金、银、宝石。
Christ is her one foundation,
None other man may lay;
All that she has, as Christ, is
Divine in every way;
Her members through the Spirit
Their death on Calv'ry own;
They're built in resurrection-
Gold, silver, precious stone.

她的元素全是一：一神、一主、一灵、一身、一信并一洗，一望，神所命定。三一之神在里面，众人成为一身，借信联结，因洗断，凭望等候主临。
One God, one Lord, one Spirit-
Her elements all one-
One faith, one hope, one baptism,
One Body in the Son;
The triune God is in her,
One Body members own,
By faith they are united,
In hope of glory shown.

她的所有众肢体，出自各方、各民，全都结合成为一，不分任何身分；没有犹太或外邦，没有自主、为奴，没有卑下或高尚，只有新人“基督”。
From every tribe and nation
Do all the members come,
Regardless of their classes
United to be one.
No high there is, nor lowly,
No Jew, nor Gentile clan,
No free, nor slave, nor master,
But Christ, the "one new man."

宇宙之中独一个，分在各地出现；一地一会为原则，地方立场为限。地方行政虽独立，各向元首负责，宇宙交通却一体，无何离异间隔。
One Body universal,
One in each place expressed;
Locality of dwelling
Her only ground possessed;
Administration local,
Each answ'ring to the Lord;
Communion universal,
Upheld in one accord.

她在各地的出现，都是撒冷雏形；为作基督的丰满，先有圣城情景：基督是灯，神是光，她是灯台照明，显出荣耀的形像，直到撒冷完成。
Her local gatherings model
The New Jerusalem;
Its aspects and its details
Must show in all of them.
Christ is the Lamp that shineth,
With God within, the Light;
They are the lampstands bearing
His glorious Image bright.