verse 1 The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new creation By water and the word: From heav'n He came and sought her To be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. We are the body Bought by His blood We are the body Bathed in His love verse 2 Elect from ev'ry nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation, One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy Name she blesses, Partakes on holy food, And to one hope she presses, With ev'ry grace endued. verse 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation Of peace for evermore; Till, with vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest. verse 4 Yet she on earth hath union With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion 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.