The Church has One Foundation
SDA Hymnal #348
1.
The church has one foundation,
'Tis Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water 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.
Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed,
Though foes would rend asunder
The Rock where she doth rest
Yet saints their faith are keeping;
Their cry goes up, How long?
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.
4.
'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great church victorious
Shall be the church at rest.