4828 The Church’s One Foundation
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
She is 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
The Church shall never perish!
Her dear Lord to defend,
To guide, sustain, and cherish,
Is with her to the end:
Though there be those who hate her,
And false sons in her pale,
Against both foe or traitor
She ever shall prevail.
4
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!
5
’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 blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
6
Yet she on earth hath union
With God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won,
With all her sons and daughters
Who, by the Master’s hand
Led through the deathly waters,
Repose in Eden land.
7
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee:
There, past the border mountains,
Where in sweet vales the Bride
With Thee by living fountains
Forever shall abide!

Temukan kidung nyanyian lainnya dari EN (English Hymns)

4829 Founded on Thee
4830 We Build Our School on Thee
4831 Come to Me, O Blessed Spirit
4832 They Tell Me the Story of Jesus Is Old
4833 I Am His, and He Is Mine
4834 Jesus, Full of Love Divine
4835 Bow Down Thine Ear, Almighty Lord
4836 We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name
4837 O Son of Man, Thou Madest Known
4838 The Lamb’s High Banquet Called to Share
4839 The Lamb’s High Banquet We Await
4840 See, Father, Thy Beloved Son
4841 Wherefore, O Father
4842 O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow
4843 I Belong to Jesus
4844 Let Him to Whom We Now Belong
4845 Himself
4846 JESUS
4847 Win Them One by One
4848 Conflicting Feelings
4849 Jesus Invites His Saints
4850 Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured
4851 Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray
4852 Author of Life Divine
4853 O Throned, O Crowned with All Renown