437 | The Hymnbook#437A | 438 |
Text: | The Church's One Foundation |
Author: | Samuel J. Stone |
Tune: | AURELIA |
Composer: | Samuel S. Wesley |
Harmonizer: | Eric Thiman |
1 The Church's one Foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the word:
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy Bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
2 Elect from every nation,
Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation
One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
3 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious,
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
4 Yet she on earth hath union
With God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won:
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Church's one Foundation |
Title: | The Church's One Foundation |
Author: | Samuel J. Stone (1866) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Church, The; Church, The: Church Expectant; Communion of Saints(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AURELIA |
Composer: | Samuel S. Wesley (1864) |
Harmonizer: | Eric Thiman (1937) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Copyright: | From Varied Accompaniments to Thirty-four Well-known Hymn Tunes. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Alternative harmonization: This version may be used for one or more stanzas, the congregation and the choir singing the melody. |