[V1]
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The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
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she is his new creation by water and the Word.||
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From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride;
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with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.
[V2]
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Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth;
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her charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth.||
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One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food,
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and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.
[V3]
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Though with a scornful wonder the world see her oppressed,
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by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,||
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yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: “How long?” ||
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and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
[V4]
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The Church shall never perish, Her dear Lord to defend,
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To guide, sustain, and cherish, Is with her to the end:||
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Though there be those who hate her, And false sons in her pale, ||
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Against or foe or traitor, She ever shall prevail.
[V5]
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'Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war,
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She waits the consummation, Of peace for evermore;||
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Till with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest,
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And the great church victorious, Shall be the church at rest.
[V6]
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Yet she on earth hath union, With God the Three in One,
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And mystic sweet communion, With those whose rest is won:||
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O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we,
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Like them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with thee.
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