1. The church’s one foundationIs Jesus Christ, her Lord;She is His new creationBy water and the word;From heaven He came and sought herTo 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 salvationOne Lord, one faith, one birth;One holy name she blesses,Partakes one holy food,And to one hope she pressesWith every grace endued. 3. Though with a scornful wonderMen see her sore oppressed,By schisms