Church of the Living God

Church of the liv­ing God

Pillar and ground of truth

Keep the old paths the fa­thers trod

In thy il­lum­ined youth.

Lo

in thy bo­som lies

The touch­stone for the age;

Seducing er­ror shrinks and dies

At light from yon­der page.

Woe to the hands that dare

By lust of pow­er en­ticed

To min­gle with the doc­trine there

The frauds of An­ti­christ.

Once to the saints was giv’n

All bless­èd Gos­pel lore;

There

writ­ten down in words from Heav’n

Thou hast it ev­er­more.

Fear not

though doubts abound

And scoff­ing tongues de­ride;

Love of God’s Word finds sur­er ground

When to the ut­most tried.

Toil at thy sac­red text;

More fruit­ful grows the field;

Each ge­ne­ra­tion to the next

Prepares a rich­er yield.

God’s Spir­it in the Church

Still lives un­spent

un­tired

Inspiring hearts that fain would search

The truths Him­self in­spired.

Move

Ho­ly Ghost

with might

Amongst us as of old;

Dispel the false­hood

and unite

In true faith and true fold.