English

The Church's One Foundation

Tune
AURELIA (7,6,7,6,D)
Composer
Samuel S. Wesley
Copyright
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Verse 1

The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ our 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

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Tune
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Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 176, scan page 183 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/183). Credit as printed: Samuel J. Stone, 1866. Text author: Samuel John Stone (1839–1900; dates from Wikidata Q284658, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1900): public domain.
Tune Rights
Public Domain Tune AURELIA by Samuel S. Wesley (1864), printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920). https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The+Army+and+Navy+Hymnal%2FHymns%2FThe+Church%27s+One+Foundation&oldid=13800253
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Score / sheet music Rights
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