The Church’s One Foundation Lyrics
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 Forever More;
Till With The Vision Glorious
Her Longing Eyes Are Blest,
And The Great Church Victorious
Shall Be The Church At REST.

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!

The Church’s One Foundation Spanish Lyrics
El único fundamento de la Iglesia
es Jesucristo, su Señor;
ella es su nueva creación,
por el agua y la Palabra;
desde el cielo Él vino y la buscó
para que fuera su santa novia;
con su propia sangre la rescató,
y por su vida murió.

Elegida de entre todas las naciones,
pero una sola en toda la tierra,
su carta de salvación
Un solo Señor, una sola fe, un solo nacimiento;
bendice un solo Nombre santo,
comulga un solo alimento santo,
y se aferra a una sola esperanza,
dotada de toda gracia.

En medio del esfuerzo y la tribulación
y del tumulto de su guerra,
espera la consumación
de la paz para siempre jamás;
hasta que, con la visión gloriosa,
sus ojos anhelantes sean bendecidos,
y la gran Iglesia victoriosa
sea la Iglesia en DESCANSO.

¡Oh, bienaventurados y santos!
Señor, danos la gracia para que nosotros,
como ellos, los mansos y humildes,
podamos morar en las alturas contigo;
allí, más allá de las montañas fronterizas,
donde, en dulces valles, la Esposa
contigo, junto a fuentes vivas,
permanecerá para siempre.

The Church's One Foundation Cards
[Verse 1]
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The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
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she is his new creation by water and the Word.
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From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride;
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with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Elect from every nation, yet one o’er all the earth;
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her charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth.
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One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food,
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and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Though with a scornful wonder the world sees her oppressed,
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by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,
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yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?”
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and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
 
 
[Verse 4]
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The Church shall never perish, Her dear Lord to defend,
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To guide, sustain, and cherish, is with her to the end:
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Though there be those who hate her, and false sons in her pale,
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Against both foe or traitor, She ever shall prevail.