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#525 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
The Church's one foundation
Tune
Aurelia
Metric Index
76. 76. D
Key & Modality
E♭ Major
Last five uses
July 30th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
July 17th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
May 15th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
February 20th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
August 27th, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Recessional Hymn
Poem Words (five verses)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4.
Mid toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blessed,
and the great Church victorious
shall be the Church at rest.
and tumult of her war
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blessed,
and the great Church victorious
shall be the Church at rest.
5.
Yet she on earth hath union
with God, the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.
with God, the Three in One,
and mystic sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.
Hymn References
Author
Samuel John Stone 1839-1900
Composer
Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1810-1876
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#542 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / O living Bread from heaven (D Major ) [click to view]#654 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / The church's one foundation (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
#197 in Lutheran Book of Worship / O living Bread from heaven (D Major ) [click to view]
#369 in Lutheran Book of Worship / The Church's one foundation (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
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