Die Kirche Christi

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1 Die Kirche steht gegründet
allein auf Jesus Christ,
sie, die des großen Gottes
erneute Schöpfung ist.
Vom Himmel kam er nieder
und wählte sie zur Braut,
hat sich mit seinem Blute
ihr ewig angetraut.

2 Erkorn aus allen Völkern,
doch als ein Volk gezählt,
ein Herr ist's und ein Glaube,
ein Geist, der sie beseelt,
und einen heilgen Namen
ehrt sie, ein heilges Mahl,
und eine Hoffnung teilt sie,
kraft seiner Gnadenwahl.

3 Schon hier ist sie verbunden
mit dem, der ist und war,
hat selige Gemeinschaft
mit der Erlösten Schar.
Mit denen, die vollendet,
zu dir, Herr, rufen wir:
Verleih daß wir mit ihnen
dich preisen für und für.

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ENGLISH -
1 The Church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ her 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.

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 Yet she in 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.


Source: Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten: evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #264

Author: S. J. Jones

Stone, Samuel John, a clergyman of the Church of England, the son of Rev. William Stone, was born at Whitmore, Staffordshire, April 25, 1839. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was graduated B.A. in 1862. Later he took orders and served various Churches. He succeeded his father at St. Paul's, Haggerstown, in 1874. He was the author of many original hymns and translations, which were collected and published in 1886. His hymns are hopeful in spirit and skillfully constructed. He published several poetic volumes. He died November 19, 1900 --Hymn Writers of the Church, 1915 (Charles Nutter)… Go to person page >

Translator: Anna Thelka von Weling

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First Line: Die Kirche steht gegründet
Title: Die Kirche Christi
English Title: The Church's one foundation
Author: S. J. Jones
Translator: Anna Thelka von Weling (1898)
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

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[Auf dein Wort will ich trauen, mein Herr und Gott, allein]


[Die Kirche steht gegründet]


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