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Tori sang part of this hymn in an improvised medley title, All Things Considered Medley, which was recorded during an NPR radio interview in Murfreesboro, TN in 1994.
There were seven verses in the first version [of this hymn]; the five verse edition first appeared in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1868), and an expanded ten verse edition was written in 1885 for processional use in Salisbury Cathedral. There are several biblical references in the hymn, principally 1 Corinthians 3:11 "For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ". Another reference is to Ephesians 5:25 "...just as Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for her" in verse 1, lines 7-8.
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