3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride, Our wishes all above, Each can his brother's failings hide, And show a brother's love:
4 When love, in one delightful stream, Through every bosom flows; When union sweet, and dear esteem, In every action glows.
5 Love is the golden chain, that binds The happy souls above; And he's an heir of heaven, that finds His bosom glow with love.
Come in, beloved of the Lord, Stranger nor foe art thou; We welcome thee with warm accord, Our friend, our brother, now.
2 The hand of fellowship, the heart Of love, we offer thee: Leaving the world, thou dost but part From lies and vanity.
3 Come with us,--we will do thee good, As God to us hath done; Stand but in him, as those have stood Whose faith the victory won.
4 And when, by turns, we pass away, And star by star grows dim, May each, translated into day, Be lost and found in him.
Witness, ye men and angels! now, Before the Lord we speak; To him we make our solemn vow, A vow we dare not break;--
2 That, long as life itself shall last, Ourselves to Christ we yield; Nor from his cause will we depart, Or even quit the field.
3 We trust not in our native strength, But on his grace rely; That, with returning wants, the Lord Will all our need supply.
4 Oh! guide our doubtful feet aright, And keep us in thy ways; And, while we turn our vows to prayers, Turn thou our prayers to praise.
Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love! The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne, We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes; Our mutual burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again.
5 This glorious hope revives Our courage by the way; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day.
6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free; And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity.
And let our bodies part-- To diff'rent climes repair; Inseparably joined in heart The friends of Jesus are.
2 Oh, let us still proceed In Jesus' work below; And following our triumphant Head, To further conquests go.