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#654 from Evangelical Lutheran Worship
The church's one foundation
Tune
Aurelia
Metric Index
7 6 7 6 D
Key & Modality
E♭ Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
she is his new creation by water and the word.
From heav'n he came and sought her to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
she is his new creation by water and the word.
From heav'n 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 ev'ry 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 ev'ry grace endued.
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 ev'ry grace endued.
3.
Though with a scornful wonder this world sees her oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,
yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?”
and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,
yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?”
and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
4.
Through 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.
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.
5.
Yet she on earth hath union with God, the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won.
Oh, blessed heav'nly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace,
that we, like saints before us, may see you face to face.
and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won.
Oh, blessed heav'nly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace,
that we, like saints before us, may see you face to face.
Hymn References
Author
Samuel J. Stone 1839-1900
Composer
Samuel S. Wesley 1810-1876
Publication Date
2006
Topic
Dedication, Anniversary; Community in Christ
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#542 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / O living Bread from heaven (D Major ) [click to view]#525 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / The Church's one foundation (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#197 in Lutheran Book of Worship / O living Bread from heaven (D Major ) [click to view]
#369 in Lutheran Book of Worship / The Church's one foundation (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
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