1 The Church's one Foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By Spirit 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.
2 Elect 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 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
Amen, amen, amen.
