Concordia ‎#47

47. 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 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.

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:
Oh, 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
• Title: The Church's One Foundation
• Author: Samuel J. Stone, 1839-1901
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: The Church and Means of Grace: The Church; Missions

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley (1864)
• Key: E♭ Major