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The Church's One Foundation Hymn

The hymn describes the foundation and history of the Christian church. It states that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church, and that through water and the word believers are joined to the church. It describes how Christ bought the church with his blood. Though the church faces oppression and division, believers keep watch and await the final victory of peace.

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The Church's One Foundation Hymn

The hymn describes the foundation and history of the Christian church. It states that Jesus Christ is the foundation of the church, and that through water and the word believers are joined to the church. It describes how Christ bought the church with his blood. Though the church faces oppression and division, believers keep watch and await the final victory of peace.

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  • The Church's One Foundation: This section includes the musical notation and lyrics for the hymn 'The Church's One Foundation', composed by Samuel J. Stone and S. S. Wesley.

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(1839-1900)
The Church's one foundation (1810-1876)
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1. The Church - 's one foun - da - tion is Je - sus Christ her Lord; she is his new cre -
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a - tion by wa - ter and the word: from heaven he came and sought her to
va - tion one Lord, one faith, one birth; one ho - ly name she bles - ses, par -

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be his ho - ly Bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.

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takes one ho - ly food, and to one hope she pres - ses with ev - ery grace en - dued.

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toil and tri - bu - la - tion, and tu - mult of her war, she


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waits the con - sum - ma - tion of peace for e - ver - more; till
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with the vi - sion glo - rious her long - ing eyes are blest, and

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hap - py ones and ho - ly! Lord, give us grace that we, like

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the great Church vic - to - rious shall be the Church at rest.
them, the meek and low - ly, on high may dwell with thee.

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