Text: | The Church of Christ |
Author: | Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | FIDEI UNITAS |
1 The church of Christ, which he has hallowed here
to be his house, is scattered far and near
in north, and south, and east, and west abroad;
and yet in earth and heav'n, thro' Christ, her Lord,
the church is one.
2 One member may not know another here,
and yet their fellowship is true and near;
one is their Savior, and their Father one;
one Spirit rules them, and among them none
lives to one's self.
3 They live to him who bought them with his blood,
baptized them with his Spirit, pure and good;
and in true faith and ever burning love,
their hearts and hopes ascend to seek above
th'eternal good.
4 O Spirt of the Lord, all life is yours;
now on your church your pow'r and strength out-pour,
that many children may be born to you
and through your knowledge may be brought anew
to sing Christ's praise.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The church of Christ, which he has hallowed here |
Title: | The Church of Christ |
Author: | Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg (1745) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1863, alt.) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.4. Iambic |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Nature of the Church; Church--Foundation and nature; Church--Unity(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FIDEI UNITAS |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.4. Iambic |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Folksong (c. 1100); Sacred melody (c. 1250); First printed by Johann Walther (1524); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784) |
Notes: | 58 B in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns |