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Text:One holy Church of God appears
Author:Rev. Samuel Longfellow
Tune:ST. JAMES
Composer:Raphael Courteville, d. 1772

335. One holy Church of God appears

1 One holy Church of God appears
Through every age and race,
Unwasted by the lapse of years,
Unchanged by changing place.

2 From oldest time, on farthest shores,
Beneath the pine or palm,
One unseen Presence she adores,
With silence, or with psalm.

3 The truth is her prophetic gift,
The soul her sacred page;
And feet on mercy’s errands swift
Do make her pilgrimage.

4 O living Church, thine errand speed,
Fulfill thy task sublime;
With Bread of life earth’s hungers feed;
Redeem the evil time!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: One holy Church of God appears
Author: Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1864)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Church and the Sacraments: The Church; Anniversaries; Christ: Founder of the Church (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. JAMES
Composer: Raphael Courteville, d. 1772
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major



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