Christ the Foundation of the Church

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1 Behold the sure Foundation-stone
Which God in Zion lays
To build our heav’nly hopes upon
And His eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise.
’Tis Thy own work, Almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

Amen.

Source: The Lutheran Hymnal #460

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line: Behold the sure foundation-stone
Title: Christ the Foundation of the Church
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d77

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A Choice Collection of Hymns, in which are some never before printed #CLXXXI

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d19

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d25

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #291

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d82

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d82

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d82

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #782

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #959

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d55

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #620

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #352

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A Collection of Hymns #608

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #258

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d38

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints #16

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #235

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #443

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A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #141

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Bible School Echoes, and Sacred Hymns #55d

Book of Hymns for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States #d29

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #192

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #281

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Book of Worship #192

Cantica Laudis #d29

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Christian Hymns #67

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d99

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #21

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Church Book #264

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Church Book #264

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Church Hymnal for Lutheran Services #18

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d111

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Church Melodies #97

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #681

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Church Psalmist #P118d

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Church Psalmist #P118d

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Church Psalmist #P118d

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Church Psalmody #P118.6

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Church Psalmody #P118f

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Church Psalmody #117

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a319

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #220b

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Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #207b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #220b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #207b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #CXVIIIc

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #256b

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Evangelical Hymnal #389

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #452

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #139

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #452

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnbook (Lutheran Conference of Missouri and Other States) #d37

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Free Methodist Hymnal #668

General Baptist Hymn Book #d57

Gospel Melodies #d17

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #691

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d56

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d39

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #691

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #198

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #198

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #389

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #609

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Hymnal for Evangelical Lutheran Missions #88

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #766

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #766

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Hymns and Tunes #319

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d24

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #893

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d53

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #959

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Hymns selected from various authors #488

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d35

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Hymns #14

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P118f

Melodies of the Church #d108

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d67

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Methodist Hymn-Book #670

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #34

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #34

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New Hymn and Tune book #25a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #25a

Parish Psalmody #d71

Parish Psalmody #d73

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Pocket Hymns #103

Prison Hymn Book #d29

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