Twin Hymns
Another Resource: The Church Has One Foundation
These twin hymns have exactly the same music! I would suggest that you divide your group into men and women and have the men sing the left side and the women sing the right side! Then sing it again the next week with the roles reversed!
I dare you to sing these songs in your group together! You’ll never be the same again!
| The Church Has One Foundation | Live Out Thy Life Within Me |
| The Church has One Foundation Tis 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! | Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings! Be Thou Thyself the answer To all my questionings; Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way! I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display. |
| 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, Partakes One Holy Food, And to One Hope she presses, With Every grace endued! | The temple has been yielded, And purified of sin; Let Thy Shekinah glory Now shine forth from within, And all the earth keep silence, The body henceforth be Thy silent, gentle servant, Moved only as by Thee. |
| Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore oppressed Though foes would rend asunder The Rock where she doth rest, Yet saints their faith are keeping; Their cry goes up, “How long?” And soon the night of weeping Shall be the morn of song. | Its members every moment Held subject to Thy call, Ready to have Thee use them, Or not be used at all; Held without restless longing, Or strain, or stress, or fret Or chafings at Thy dealings, Or thoughts of vain regret. |
| ‘Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore; Till, with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest, And the great church victorious Shall be the church at rest. | But restful, calm, and pliant, From bend and bias free, Awaiting Thy decision, When Thou hast need of me. Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings! Be Thou the glorious answer To all my questionings. |
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