The Church's One Foundation ( a fulfilled rev. by CHS )

The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation, by His pure, holy 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 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 in one Lord she rests now, with every grace endued.

Midst toils and tribulations, and tumults of her wars,
She's reached the consummation, of peace forevermore!
Now with the vision glorious, her troubled eyes are blest,
Since the great Church victorious, is now the Church at rest.

She on earth doth dwell, with God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion with those who have passed on:
O happy we, and holy! Lord, thanks for grace that we,
As all the meek and lowly, on high do dwell with Thee!