334 | The Hymnal#335 | 336 |
Text: | One holy Church of God appears |
Author: | Rev. Samuel Longfellow |
Tune: | ST. JAMES |
Composer: | Raphael Courteville, d. 1772 |
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!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | One holy Church of God appears |
Author: | Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1864) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | The Church and the Sacraments: The Church; Anniversaries; Christ: Founder of the Church(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. JAMES |
Composer: | Raphael Courteville, d. 1772 |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |