living stones

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noun

1. any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.

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He describes priesthood and offering in these words: "Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker

This Temple is to be built of men, or living stones: and the true method and art of building with men it is the province of magic to teach.

From Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples by Anonymous

Here were two really "living stones," and nothing that earth or hell could do could hinder the life that was in them expressing itself in its proper accents.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh

Now they will begin also to see the work of a broken and a contrite spirit, and of walking with God, as living stones, in this world.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

They are lively or living stones, built up into a spiritual house. 

From The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 by Knowles King