Hymn
The Church's One Foundation
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.
Elect from ev'ry 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 ev'ry grace endued.
'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 soon the Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
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.
Amen.
The Church's One Foundation — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-churchs-one-foundation
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Church's One Foundation?
The words of The Church's One Foundation were written by S. J. Stone; the version here was published in 1930. The library also holds Weary of Earth, another hymn by S. J. Stone.
Is The Church's One Foundation public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Church's One Foundation?
The Church's One Foundation is in 7.6.7.6 D. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, In Heavenly Love Abiding, O When Shall I See Jesus and There's a Friend for Little Children.