The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#279

279. Christ Is the Foundation

1 Christ is the foundation
Of the house we raise;
Be its walls salvation,
And its gateways praise.
May its threshold lowly
To the Lord be dear,
May the hearts be holy
That shall worship here.

2 On the Rock of Ages,
Resting broad and deep,
When life's tempest rages
Here let passion sleep:
Here may prayer and praises
Never cease to rise,
Till, through Christ, they raise us
Nearer to the skies.

3 Here may faith attending
Find fruition fair;
Here may spirits bending
Breathe the breath of prayer:
Here may holy gladness
Fill the waiting heart,
Until sin and sadness
Evermore depart.

4 Here may every token
Of thy presence be,
Here may chains be broken,
Prisoners here set free:
Here may light illumine
Every soul of Thine,
Lifting up the human
Unto the divine.

5 Here may God the Father,
God the Saviour, Son,
God the Holy Spirit,
Be adored as One;
Till the whole creation
At Thy footstool fall,
And in adoration
Own Thee Lord of all.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ is the foundation
• Title: Christ Is the Foundation
• Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1866)
• Meter: 6 5, 6 5. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: The Church: Dedication; Epiphany, First Sunday; Church, Dedications; Church, Corner-stone laying; Laying of Corner-Stone

Tune Information

• Name: PITTS
• Meter: 6 5, 6 5. D.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Composer Unknown
• Notes: Or: Urswicke, No. 200.