Hymns of the Kingdom of God

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With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died.

Amen.

1 Jesus Christ her Lord;

THE Church's one foundation

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 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.

4 Yet she on earth hath union
With Father, Spirit, Son,
And mystic sweet conmunion
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.
Samuel J. Stone, 1866; (text of 1872)

STATE STREET S. M.

Jonathan C. Woodman, 1844

I love Thy kingdom, Lord, The house of

The Church our blest Re-deem - er saved With His own pre

The fellow-ship of kin-dred minds Is like to that

1 BLEST be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love!
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

We pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,

It gives us inward pain;

But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way,
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,

And sin, we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

John Fawcett, 1782

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