Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

De la Iglesia el fundamento

Representative Text

1 De la Iglesia el fundamento
es Jesús el Salvador;
Por la obra de su gracia
le dio vida su Señor;
Para hacerla esposa quiso
de los cielos descenió,
Y su sangre por limpiarla
en la cruz él derramó.

2 De entre todas las naciones
escogida en variedad,
Al través de las edades
se presenta en unidad;
En diversidad de pueblos
sólo tiene un Señor,
Una fe y un nacimiento,
un constante y puro amor.

3 Ella alaba solo un nombre,
sigue una sola luz;
Guarda una esperanza
y su gloria es una cruz.
Por el celo que la anima,
de las almas corre en pos,
Y ambiciona por la gracia
conducirlas hacia Dios.

4 Al través de sufrimientos,
de fatigas y dolor,
El glorioso día espera
en que vuelva su Señor;
Consumada su carrera
ya sin mancha estará;
A las Bodas del Cordero
victoriosa entrará.

Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #450

Translator: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

Author: Samuel John Stone

Stone, Samuel John, a clergyman of the Church of England, the son of Rev. William Stone, was born at Whitmore, Staffordshire, April 25, 1839. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was graduated B.A. in 1862. Later he took orders and served various Churches. He succeeded his father at St. Paul's, Haggerstown, in 1874. He was the author of many original hymns and translations, which were collected and published in 1886. His hymns are hopeful in spirit and skillfully constructed. He published several poetic volumes. He died November 19, 1900 --Hymn Writers of the Church, 1915 (Charles Nutter)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: De la Iglesia el fundamento
English Title: The church's one foundation
Author: Samuel John Stone
Translator: Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
TextPage Scan

Celebremos Su Gloria #450

El Himnario Bautista de la Gracia #240

Page Scan

Toda La Iglesia Canta #55

Include 11 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.