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



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