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The Church's One Foundation

WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN · 7.6.7.6.D · words Samuel John Stone · music Johann Steuerlein

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The Church's One Foundation mult her Lord o’er sus her op de the her Christ of sore to all And Men Her Yet Is dear tu see one Je war, pressed, fend, earth; Lord, toil and a shall from ’s 4. Though 3. The 2. She 1. The ’Mid with Church is Church 5. la won per na da tion, der ish! tion, tion scorn trib nev ev one foun ery er u ful for e her one ter er dis the one the and ev sies to faith, Of By Is One By with peace her Lord, wa more; tressed: end: birth; Word. waits the sms sus ter His schi guide, char is She By To Her She ma sun cher va a tion der, ish, tion, tion rent con tain, of new cre sal and sum a ly are ‘How her ly up, His one in ho ho eyes ing goes sons blest, long?’ pale, food, bride; with saints there ho watch those Name heav’n the their be ly He Till, came Yet Though One From her, rious, ing, To es, her vi long cry false takes be Her Their And Par she sion are who and sought glo keep hate bless the the at er ery her en He of Church morn shall grace life pre Shall Shall She With And ev be be ev for rest. song! vail. dued. died. great the or one own the soon gainst to His And And A And With tor weep trai press bought ious ing tor es, her Church night foe hope blood He vic of or she Samuel John Stone, 1866 WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN 7.6.7.6.D Johann Steuerlein, 1575

1.The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is His new creation
By water and the Word.
From heav’n 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 or 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.

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ANGEL'S STORY, DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, ELLACOMBE, LANCASHIRE, LLANGLOFFAN, MEIRIONYDD, MUNICH, RUTHERFORD, WEBB.

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