[Verse 1]
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The church has one foundation,
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‘Tis Jesus Christ, her Lord;
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She is his new creation
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By water and the Word.
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From heaven he came and sought her
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To be his holy bride;
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With his own blood he bought her,
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And for her life he died.
[Verse 2]
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Elect from every nation,
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Yet one o’er all the earth;
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Her charter of salvation:
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One Lord, one faith, one birth.
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One holy name she blesses,
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Partakes one holy food,
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And to one hope she presses,
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With every grace endued.
[Verse 3]
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Though with a scornful wonder,
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Men see her sore oppressed,
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Though foes would rent asunder,
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The Rock where she doth rest,
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Yet saints their faith are keeping;
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Their cry goes up: “How long?”
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And soon the night of weeping
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Shall be the morn of song.
[Verse 4]
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‘Mid toil and tribulation,
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And tumult of her war,
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She waits the consummation
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Of peace, forevermore;
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Till with the vision glorious,
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Her longing eyes are blest,
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And the great church victorious,
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Shall be the church at rest.