{"id":4549,"date":"2023-07-08T21:42:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T21:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2023-10-16T01:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T01:24:33","slug":"the-churchs-one-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4549","title":{"rendered":"The Church’s One Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/strong><\/em>

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.<\/em><\/strong>

‘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.<\/strong><\/em>

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.<\/strong><\/em>

Author: S. J. Stone – 1839-1900<\/strong>. Copyright status is\u00a0Public Domain<\/em>.\u00a0 Courtesy of Timeless Truths Publications \u2013 Copyright \u00a9 2002-2020 Free Online Library<\/em><\/strong>

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