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| Text: | Built on the Rock |
| Author: | Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig |
| Translator: | Carl Döving |
| Tune: | KIRKEN |
| Composer: | Ludwig M. Lindeman |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1 Built on the Rock, the church shall stand
even when steeples are falling;
Christ builds his church in every land;
bells still are chiming and calling,
calling the young and old to rest,
calling the souls of those distressed,
longing for life everlasting.
2 Not in a temple made with hands
God the Almighty is dwelling;
high in the heavens his temple stands,
all earthly temples excelling.
Yet he who dwells in heaven above
chooses to live with us in love,
making our bodies his temple.
3 We are God's house of living stones,
built for his own habitation;
he fills our hearts, his humble thrones,
granting us life and salvation.
Yet to this place, an earthly frame,
we come with thanks to praise his name;
God grants his people true blessing.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Built on the Rock, the church shall stand |
| Title: | Built on the Rock |
| Author: | Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig (1854) |
| Translator: | Carl Döving (1909, alt.) |
| Meter: | 88 88 888 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1989 |
| Topic: | The Church in the World |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | KIRKEN |
| Composer: | Ludwig M. Lindeman (1840) |
| Meter: | 88 88 888 |
| Key: | c minor |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| MIDI file: |  MIDI |
| MIDI file: | MIDI Preview (Faith Alive Christian Resources) |
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