The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5232

5232. One Holy Church of God Appears

1. One holy Church of God appears
Through every age and race,
Unwasted by the lapse of years,
Unchanged by changing place.

2. From oldest time, on farthest shores,
Beneath the pine or palm,
One unseen presence she adores,
With silence, or with psalm.

3. The truth is her prophetic gift,
The soul her sacred page;
And feet on mercy’s errands swift
Do make her pilgrimage.

4. O living Church, thine errand speed,
Fulfill thy task sublime;
With bread of life earth’s hungers feed;
Redeem the evil time!

Text Information

• First Line: One holy Church of God appears
• Title: One Holy Church of God Appears
• Author: Samuel Longfellow (1864)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of the Spirit, 1864
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. JAMES
• Composer: Ralph Courteville (1696)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51231 24336 71652
• Key: A Major
• Source: Select Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Par­ish Church and Ta­ber­na­cle of St. James’, West­min­ster, 1696
• Copyright: Public Domain