Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#491

491. 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 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 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 has 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.

Text Information

• First Line: The Church's one foundation
• Author: Rev. S. J. Stone (1868)
• Meter: No. 13
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: The Church
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate Tune: JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN, #467

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley (1864)
• Meter: No. 13
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.