149. The Church's one foundation

1 The Church’s one foundation
Is 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. A-men.

3 '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.

4 Yet she on earth hath union
With 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.

Text Information
First Line: The Church's one foundation
Author: Samuel John Stone, 1839 - 1900
Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church: The People of God; The Church: The House of God
Tune Information
Name: AURELIA
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810 - 76
Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
Key: E♭ Major



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