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AURELIA
AURELIA, the hymn tune to which we sing "The Church’s One Foundation," was written by Samuel S. Wesley for John Keble’s wedding hymn "The voice that breathed o’er Eden" in 1864. That year it was also included in A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was edited by Charles Kemble and Samuel S. Wesley, as the setting for "Jerusalem the Golden," "Brief life is here our portion," and "For Thee, oh dear, dear country."
The name AURELIA comes from the Latin "aurum" meaning gold, referring to "Jerusalem the Golden." The tune was first used with "The Church’s One Foundation" in the Appendix to the Original Edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868 and has become firmly associated with this text.