O Christ, the Great Foundation

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O Christ, the great foundation

Translator: Frank W. Price; Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew (1933)
Tune: AURELIA
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Published in 17 hymnals

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	Five Communion Hymns for Manuals

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	The Church's One Foundation

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	CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION, THE

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1 O Christ the great foundation
On which your people stand
To preach your true salvation
In ev'ry age and land:
Pour out your Holy Spirit
To make us strong and pure,
To keep the faith unbroken
As long as worlds endure.

2 Baptized in one confession,
One church in all the earth,
We bear our Lord’s impression,
The sign of second birth:
One holy people gathered
In love beyond our own,
By grace we were invited,
By grace we make you known.

3 Where tyrants’ hold is tightened,
Where strong devour the weak,
Where innocents are frightened
The righteous fear to speak,
There let your church awaking
Attack the pow'rs of sin
And, all their ramparts breaking,
With you the victory win.

4 This is the moment glorious
When he who once was dead
Shall lead his church victorious,
Their champion and their head.
The Lord of all creation
His heav'nly kingdom brings
The final consummation,
The glory of all things.

Source: RitualSong: a hymnal and service book for Roman Catholics #782

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Translator: Frank W. Price

Frank W. Price was born in Kashing, China, February 25, 1895. His parents P. Frank (Philip Francis) Price and Esther Price were missionaries with the Presbyterian Church U.S.(Southern) near Shanghai. Dr. Price spent his early years in rural China surrounded by native culture and missionary work. Price returned to the United States to finish his education, and in 1915 he received a bachelors degree from Davidson College. From 1915 to 1917, Price was Principal of Hillcrest School, Nanking. He traveled with Chinese labourers to France in December 1918-19 with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Returning to the United States, Price earned a B.D. from Yale in 1922 and later a Ph.D. in 1938 also from Yale. Price married Essie Ott McClu… Go to person page >

Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew

T'ingfang Lew was a leading Chinese educator, author, and editor. He was educated in China and at Columbia University in New York City (M.A.; Ph.D.). His Bachelor of Divinity degree was from Yale and he studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he also taught Christian education. Lew lectured throughout America at schools and colleges from 1926 to 1938 and received an S.T.D. degree from Oberlin College. In 1932, Lew began to chair the commission to prepare a Chinese Union hymnal. The resulting Hymns of Universal Praise was published in 1936. Its music editor was Bliss Wiant, a colleague of Lews's at Yenching University in Peking. Lew also edited the Union Book of Common Prayer which was used by four Protestant Ch… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Christ, the great foundation
Title:	O Christ, the Great Foundation
Original Language:	Chinese
Author:	Timothy T'ingfang Lew (1933)
Translator:	Frank W. Price
Meter:	7.6.7.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1977, Christian Conference of Asia, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.

Year A, Epiphany season, Third Sunday
Related to 1 Corinthians 1 (NPM)
Year A, Easter season, Fifth Sunday
Related to 1 Peter 2 (NPM)
Year B, Easter season, Second Sunday

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Tune

AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

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