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The Church Has One Foundation

Verse 1 ~

The church has one foundation
     Tis 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 Godhead she blesses,
     partakes one communion food,
and to one hope she presses,
     with every grace endued.

Verse 3 ~

Though with a scornful wonder
     we 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 blest,
and God's true church victorious
     shall finally be at rest.