【教會獨一的根基】
詩集:生命聖詩,215
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- 教會獨一的根基,是主耶穌基督,
她是主的新創作,從水與道而出,
主從天上來尋她,作主聖潔新婦,
甘願流自己寶血,捨身將她買贖。
- 教會雖召自萬邦,信徒卻成一體,
同有救恩的憑證,一主一信一洗,
同尊獨一的聖名,同享唯一天糧,
同懷專一的盼望,同蒙恩愛無量。
- 教會歷盡了苦難,世人譏笑毀謗,
內爭分裂她身體,異端叛道中傷,
聖徒儆醒爭相問,黑夜到底多長?
哭泣將變為歌唱,轉眼即見晨光。
- 教會在地卻聯合,真神三位一體,
已享安息的聖徒,奧祕甜蜜團契;
懇求主賜恩我們,能像快樂聖徒,
同樣溫柔且謙虛,與主天上居住。
[ The Church's One Foundation ]
- 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.
- Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses, par-takes one holy food;
And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued.
- Though with a scornful wonder Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder, By heresies distressed,
Yet saints their watch are keeping, their cry goes up- "How long?"
But soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
- 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.
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