Twin Hymns

Twin Hymns

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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 FoundationLive 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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