This Is The Church

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This is the church I used to walk to Dressed in my Sunday best And the church that I once ran from When my life was in a mess This is the church I was baptized in It's where I first learned how to pray In this church, I was a wise man In the annual Christmas play Manger scenes and tinfoil wings Holy night and peace on earth Well, I crossed the River Jordan From the front row of my church Sweet memories It's the people who help you along It's a place to hide A place to be found It's the Bride of Christ The place where you grow up This is the Church This is the church where I first heard music It's where I fell in love with hymns Even the ones with the big words Like cherubim and seraphim Now I know my ransom has been paid There in glorious robes arrayed In this church, I came to understand What I was and what I am Sweet memories It's the people who help you along It's a place to hide A place to be found It's the Bride of Christ The place where you grow up 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 And with His blood, He bought Her And for Her life, He died Sweet, sweet memories It's the people who help you along Sweet memories It's the people who help you Along the narrow way The place where you grow up This is the Church