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Chords and Lyrics for The Church's One Foundation

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Music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Words by Samuel John Stone

VERSE 1

C            F   C     G7 
The church's one foundation

C  F     G7         C 
is Jesus Christ her Lord;

G7  C             F 
she is his new creation

   G     C       G 
by water and the Word;

     C                  F      C 
from heav'n he came and sought her

   Am     A    Dm 
to be his holy bride;

G    C       F     C  F 
with his own blood he bought her,

    Dm      G7      C 
and for her life he died.

VERSE 2

C          F  C    G7 
Elect from every nation,

C   F        G7      C 
yet one o'er all the earth;

G7  C             F 
her charter of salvation,

    G         C          G 
one Lord, one faith, one birth;

    C             F    C 
one holy name she blesses,

   Am        A    Dm 
partakes one holy food;

G   C      F    C   F 
and to one hope she presses,

     Dm    G7      C 
with every grace endued.

VERSE 3

C             F    C      G7 
Though with a scornful wonder

C   F       G7     C 
men see her sore oppressed,

G7 C             F 
by schisms rent asunder,

   G   C       G 
by heresies distressed;

    C                      F   C 
yet saints their watch are keeping,

      Am       A        Dm 
their cry goes up, "How long?"

G   C        F     C  F 
and soon the night of weeping

      Dm     G7      C 
shall be the morn of song.

VERSE 4

 C            F   C  G7 
'Mid toil and tribulation

C   F      G7     C 
and tumult of her war,

G7  C               F 
she waits the consummation

   G        C   G 
of peace forevermore;

     C               F  C 
till with the vision glorious

    Am      A        Dm 
her longing eyes are blessed,

G   C         F      C  F 
and the great church victorious

      Dm     G7        C 
shall be the church at rest.

VERSE 5

C          F     C      G7 
Yet she on earth hath union

C    F       G7       C 
with God the Three in One,

G7  C               F 
and mystic sweet communion

     G           C       G 
with those whose rest is won;

  C              F C 
O happy ones and holy!

      Am      A          Dm 
Lord, give us grace that we,

G    C         F    C  F 
like them, the meek and lowly,

   Dm       G7         C 
on high may dwell with thee!

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Chords

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Instrument Chords
Banjo A Major A Minor C Major D Minor F Major G Major G7
Guitar A Major A Minor C Major D Minor F Major G Major G7
Mandolin A Major A Minor C Major D Minor F Major G Major G7
Piano A Major A Minor C Major D Minor F Major G Major G7
Ukulele A Major A Minor C Major D Minor F Major G Major G7

Sheet Music for The Church's One Foundation

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