7,6,7,6,D.
A new rendering of Stainer's Processional Hymn, “The Church's One Foundation”
BEHOLD our one foundation
Is Christ, our sovereign Lord,
Who came in humiliation
For so did run the Word;
That we might be in union
With Him, sins blotted out,
And know in blest communion
God's glory brought about.
For ages man lay broken,
Though mercy could not fail;
While God gave many a token
Of grace that must prevail;
The woman's Seed, though bruised
Should bruise the Serpent's head,
That should the foe accused
Might joy in Him, Who bled.
But Oh, how deep His anguish
When once He took our load
Who would not let us languish
In guilt afar from God.
On Him was laid that mountain
Which none but He could bear;
But thus He ope'd the fountain
Alike to cleanse and cheer.
And now 'us ours, anointed
By God the Holy Ghost,
To fill the place appointed
Within His warring host;
Rejected like our Savior
Where He before us trod
We seek that our behavior
May please our Father God.
Meanwhile let prayers and praises
Abound whilst here we walk
And may the name of Jesus
Pervade our every talk.
As we await the meeting
Of all saints in the air
May we be ever greeting
The Bridegroom true and fair.
adapted by W Kelly