The Church of God a kingdom is
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The Church of God a kingdom is, Where Christ in power doth reign; There spirits yearn till, seen in bliss, Their Lord shall come again. Glad companies of saints possess This Church below, above; And God's perpetual calm doth bless Their paradise of love. An altar stands within the shrine Whereon, once sacrificed, Is set, immaculate, divine, The Lamb of God, the Christ. There rich and poor, from countless lands, Praise Christ on mystic Rood; There nations reach forth holy hands To take God's holy food. There pure lifegiving streams o'erflow The sower's garden-ground; And faith and hope fair blossoms show, And fruits of love abound. O King, O Christ, this endless grace To us and all men bring, To see the vision of thy face In joy, O Christ, our King. |
Est civitas Ecclesia, cui Christus imperat, desiderantque pectora dum is reveniat. Eam sanctorum legio laetantum habitat, quos otio perpetuo Deus suo beat. Altare fanum continet, quo, caesus antea, purus, divinus insidet Agnellus hostia. Ibi omnifarii colunt in Cruce Dominum manusque sanctas porrigunt sacratum ad cibum. Ibi hortum vivi latices satoris irrigant, et spe coniuncta ibi fides amorque pullulant. O Christe, nobis gratiam fer hanc et omnibus, laetique faciem tuam, O Rex, videbimus. |