The Church's One Foundation

[Verse 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.

[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]

Though with a scornful wonder

Men see her sore oppressed,

By schisms rent asunder,

By heresies distressed;

Yet saints their watch are keeping,

Their cry goes up, "How long?"

And soon the night of weeping

Shall be the morn of song.

[Verse 4]

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 blessed,

And the great Church victorious

Shall be the Church at rest.

[Outro]

Thank you

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