Text: | Hark! The Church Proclaims Her Honor |
Author: | S. Preiswerk |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | BOST |
Composer: | Paul Ami Bost, 1790-1874 |
1 Hark! the Church proclaims her honor,
And her strength is this alone:
God hath laid His choice upon her
And her work will not disown,
And her work will not disown.
2 He His Church has firmly founded,
He will guard what He began;
We, by sin and foes surrounded,
Build her bulwarks as we can,
Build her bulwarks as we can.
3 Onward, then, for naught despairing,
Calm we follow at His Word,
Thus thro' joy and sorrow bearing
Faithful witness to our Lord,
Faithful witness to our Lord.
4 Though we here must strive with weakness,
Though in tears we often bend,
What His might began in meekness
Shall achieve a glorious end,
Shall achieve a glorious end.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! the Church proclaims her honor |
Title: | Hark! The Church Proclaims Her Honor |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1844) |
Author: | S. Preiswerk (1844) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: The Christian Church; Processionals and Recessionals: General; Processionals and Recessionals: Trinity |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BOST |
Composer: | Paul Ami Bost, 1790-1874 |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
Key: | F Major |