Our Great Redeemer's Praise ‎#388

388. The Church's One Foundation

1 The church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is His new creation
by water and the word;
from heav'n 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 ev'ry 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 ev'ry grace endued.

3 Though with a scornful wonder
we see her sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed;
yet saints their watch are keeping,
their cry goes up, "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.

4 'Mid toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war,
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blest,
and the great church victorious
shall be the church at rest.

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: The church's one foundation
• Title: The Church's One Foundation
• Author: Samuel J. Stone (1866)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Numbers 6:24-26
  ;
  Acts 20:28
  ;
  1 Corinthians 3:11
  ;
  Ephesians 2:13-22
  ;
  Hebrews 3:1-6
• Topic: The Church, The Saints: Community in Christ

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Key: E♭ Major