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Choir
Click to
hear a recording by Faith Ladies' Choir
made on
6/17/2007. Members were Shirley Burkett, Anna Bocklage,
Debbi Hochgesang, Alma Rissky, Barbara Tebo and Lois Werth.
Dr. Betty Baker was the accompanist.
For more
information on our choir, such as rehearsal schedule,
etc., please see our Service &
Fellowship page.

The
Church's One Foundation
In the mid-1800s, an Anglican bishop wrote a book that
questioned whether Moses had really written the first five books
of the Bible and denying the doctrine of eternal punishment in
Paul's book of Romans. This caused a widespread controversy
throughout the Anglican church.
Samuel J. Stone
(1839-1900), the curate of a poor London parish, was deeply
disturbed by the debate. In 1866, to instruct people in the
truth and to combat the attacks on the Bible, he wrote a
collection of twelve hymns based on the Apostle's Creed. "The
Church's One Foundation" is from the Ninth Article: "I
believe in the holy Christian church, the communion of saints."
The hymn was set to
music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), grandson of
Charles Wesley (1707-1788), who wrote over 6,000 hymns, and
great-nephew of Charles's brother John Wesley (1703-1791), who
founded the Methodist Church. The name of the tune is "Aurelia."
It was from this
cauldron of doctrinal dispute and crisis over a century ago that
one of the church's most beloved hymns came into being. Samuel
Stone's faith in the inspiration of Scripture, his refusal to
compromise, and his conviction of the Lordship of Christ has
given us this stately hymn.
-- From
Stories of the Hymns by Karen Silvis |
The
Church's One Foundation
Words:
Samuel J. Stone
Music:
Samuel S. Wesley
The Church's one
foundation
Is 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.

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