348 The Church Has One Foundation
[1]
The church has one foundation
Tis Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the word;
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her
And for her life He died.
The church has one foundation
Tis Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the word;
From heaven 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 every 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 every grace endued.
Elect from every 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 every grace endued.
[3]
Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed
Though foes would rend asunder
The Rock where she doth rest
Yet saints their faith are keeping;
Their cry goes up "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.
Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed
Though foes would rend asunder
The Rock where she doth rest
Yet saints their faith 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 forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest
And the great church victorious
Shall be the church at rest.
Mid toil and tribulation
And tumult of her war
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest
And the great church victorious
Shall be the church at rest.