Hymn
One Church, one Faith, one Lord
Words: Plumptre, E. H. (Edward Hayes), 1821-1891 (1864)
Thy hand, O God, has guided Thy flock from age to age; The wondrous tale is written, Full clear, on every page, Our fathers owned Thy goodness, And we their deeds record; And both of this bear witness, One Church, One Faith, one Lord.
Thy heralds brought glad tidings To greatest, as to least; The bade men rise, and hasten To share the great King's feast; And this was all their teaching, In every deed and word, To all alike proclaiming One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
And we, shall we be faithless? Shall hearts fail, hands hang down? Shall we evade the conflict, And cast away our crown? Not so: in God's deep counsels Some better thing is stored; We will maintain, unflinching, One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
Thy mercy will not fail us, Nor leave Thy work undone; With Thy right hand to help us, The victory shall be won; And then, by men and angels, Thy Name shall be adored, And this shall be their anthem, One Church, one Faith, one Lord.
Public domain · as printed in The Church Hymnal: containing hymns approved and set forth by the general conventions of 1892 and 1916; together with hymns for the use of guilds and brotherhoods, and for special occasions (Rev. ed), 1920 · text courtesy of Hymnary.org. Wording may differ slightly from your hymn book.