tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346247839115018120.post3710657490534024827..comments2010-06-21T10:19:26.558-07:00Comments on Living Among the Bones: Reformation Day II: Sorrowsleepingawakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574229641440945063noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4346247839115018120.post-30437892545025020522008-12-12T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:10:00.000-08:00The Lutheran Hymnal from 1941 includes two additio...<I>The Lutheran Hymnal</I> from 1941 includes two additional verses for <I>The Church's One Foundation</I> which even more clearly reflect the thoughts expressed in your post. They also reflect clearly the hope the church clings to in the face of its divisions. I believe the reason they were omitted from later hymnals is because of their "politically incorrect" language. In my congregation we always sing all six verses of this hymn, which to the best of my knowledge, have never been published together in one hymnal. The verses you have posted are #1,2,5,&6. These are inserted as numbered.<BR/><BR/>3. The Church shall never perish!<BR/>Her dear Lord, to defend, <BR/>To guide, sustain, and cherish,<BR/>Is with her to the end.<BR/>Tho’ there be those that hate her,<BR/>False sons within her pale,<BR/>Against both foe and traitor<BR/>She ever shall prevail.<BR/><BR/>4. Though with a scornful wonder<BR/>Men see her sore oppressed,<BR/>By schisms rent asunder,<BR/>By heresies distressed,<BR/>Yet saints their watch are keeping;<BR/>Their cry goes up, “How long?”<BR/>And soon the night of weeping<BR/>Shall be the morn of song.Rev. Jason P. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559555598308652106noreply@blogger.com