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437A. 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.

3 '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.

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
• Title: The Church's One Foundation
• Author: Samuel J. Stone (1866)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Acts 20:28
  ;
  1 Corinthians 3:11
• Topic: Church, The; Church, The: Church Expectant; Communion of Saints; Dedication Services: Of a Church; Love and Communion; Processionals; Unity

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley (1864)
• Harmonizer: Eric Thiman (1937)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Copyright: From Varied Accompaniments to Thirty-four Well-known Hymn Tunes. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.
• Notes: Alternative harmonization: This version may be used for one or more stanzas, the congregation and the choir singing the melody.