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 With His own blood He bought her, 2 Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, One Lord, one faith, one birth; 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, 4 Yet she on earth hath union Lord, give us grace that we, STATE STREET S. M. Jonathan C. Woodman, 1844 Ob 4 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! 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one, 3 We share our mutual woes, 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, 5 This glorious hope revives 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin, we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign John Fawcett, 1782 . |