教會根基歌 (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 heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died.
教會唯一的根基,是主耶穌基督;
聖水聖言所造成,是主的新創作;
主從上天來求她,為主聖潔新婦;
捨身流血求得她,建立萬年基礎。
Elect from every nation, yet one over 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 endured.
雖從萬邦選出來,信徒卻成一體,
教會救恩的憑證,一主、一信、一洗;
同尊唯一的聖名,同餐唯一天糧,
同懷唯一的希望,同蒙恩愛久長。
Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war,
She wants the consummation of peace forever more;
Till, with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest;
And the great Church victorious shall be the church at rest.
她在爭戰喧聲裏,艱難勞苦之中,
她卻深信有平安,安心靜待成功;
直至欲穿的望眼,看見光榮遠象;
到時凱旋的教會,得享永憩無疆。
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.Amen.
她雖在地卻聯合真神三位一體,
已享安息聖眾的神秘甜蜜團契,
懇求救主使我們,能像快樂聖眾,
同樣溫柔又謙虛,永在主前供奉。阿們。