1. The Church's one FoundationIs Jesus Christ, her Lord.
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 on over 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. And she on earth hath unionWith God, The Three in One,
And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won:
Oh, happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with Thee. Amen.