H-409The Church's One Foundation (Webb)

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.

Tho' with a scornful wonder We see her sore oppressed,

Her doctrine rent asunder, By names and creeds distressed;

Yet saints their watch are keeping, They cry: "How long, how long?"

And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song.