| D | G | A7 | |
| The C | hurch's | one foun | dation |
| G | A7 | D | |
| Is | Jesus | Christ her | Lord; |
| G | |
| She is His new cre | ation |
| Em | D | A | |
| By | water a | nd the W | ord: |
| D | G | D | |
| From he | av'n He came and s | ought h | er |
| Bm | B | Em | |
| To | be His h | oly b | ride; |
| D | G | A7 | |
| With H | is own | blood He | bought her, |
| Em7 | A7 | D | |
| 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 on 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 for evermore; |
| Till, with vision glorious, |
| Her longing eyes are blest, |
| And the great Church victorious |
| Shall be the Church at rest. |
| 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. |