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The church's one Foundation

Author: Samuel J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 913 hymnals Topics: Holy Scriptures Lyrics: 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 Men 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 The church shall never perish! Her dear Lord to defend, To guide, sustain and cherish Is with her to the end; Though there be those that hate her, And false sons in her pale, Against or foe or traitor She ever shall prevail. 5 '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. 6 Yet she on earth hath union With the 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. Scripture: Romans 12:5 Used With Tune: AURELIA

How sweet and awful is the place

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 271 hymnals Topics: Holy Scriptures Lyrics: 1 How sweet and awful is the place With Christ within the doors, While everlasting love displays The choicest of her stores. 2 While all our hearts and all our songs Join to admire the feast, Each of us cry, with thankful tongues, "Lord, why was I a guest? 3 "Why was I made to hear thy voice, And enter while there's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?" 4 'Twas the same love that spread the feast That sweetly drew us in; Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin. 5 Pity the nations, O our God, Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious Word abroad, And bring the strangers home. 6 We long to see thy churches full, That all the chosen race May, with one voice and heart and soul, Sing thy redeeming grace. Amen. Scripture: Luke 14:14-24 Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA

Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!

Author: Thomas Hastings Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 475 hymnals Topics: Holy Scriptures Lyrics: 1 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning! Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain! Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning; Zion in triumph begins her mild reign. 2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning! Long by the prophets of Israel foretold! Hail to the millions from bondage returning! Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold. 3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing, Streams ever copious are gliding along; Loud from the mountain tops echoes are ringing, Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. 4 See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, Praise to Jehovah ascending on high; Fall'n are the engines of war and commotion, Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-2 Used With Tune: WESLEY

Zion stands by hills surrounded

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 with repeat Appears in 417 hymnals Topics: Holy Scriptures Lyrics: 1 Zion stands by hills surrounded, Zion, kept by pow'r divine; All her foes shall be confounded, Though the world in arms combine; Happy Zion, What a favored lot is thine! Happy Zion, What a favored lot is thine! 2 Ev'ry human tie may perish; Friend to friend unfaithful prove; Mothers cease their own to cherish; Heav'n and earth at last remove; But no changes Can attend Jehovah's love, But no changes Can attend Jehovah's love. 3 In the furnace God may prove thee, Thence to bring thee forth more bright, But can never cease to love thee; Thou art precious in his sight; God is with thee-- God, thine everlasting light, God is with thee-- God, thine everlasting light. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 125:2 Used With Tune: ZION

Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve

Author: Philip Doddridge Appears in 1,076 hymnals Topics: Holy Scriptures Sufficiency of Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, stretch ev'ry nerve, And press with vigor on; A heav'nly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown, And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way, And onward urge thy way. 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high; 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye, To thine aspiring eye. 4 That prize with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths and monarch's gems Shall blend in common dust, Shall blend in common dust. 5 Blest Saviour, introduced by thee, Have I my race begun; And, crowned with vict'ry, at thy feet I'll lay my honors down, I'll lay my honors down. Amen. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS

Praise to the Living God

Author: Max Landsberg, 1845-1928; Newton Mann, 1836-1926 Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: Scriptures First Line: Praise to the living God! All praised be thy name Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Based on the Yigdal of Daniel Ben Judah, 14th century