Christ Is Gone Up

Christ is gone up; yet ere He passed

From earth

in Heav’n to reign

He formed one ho­ly Church to last

Till He should come again.

His twelve apos­tles first He made

His min­is­ters of grace;

And they their hands on oth­ers laid

To fill in turn their place.

So age by age

and year by year

His grace was hand­ed on;

And still the ho­ly Church is here

Although her Lord is gone.

Let those find par­don

Lord

from Thee

Whose love to her is cold:

Bring wan­der­ers in

and let there be

One shep­herd and one fold.

And now we haste with thank­ful feet

To seek our Sav­ior’s face;

And in the ho­ly Church to meet

His chos­en dwell­ing place.