"The unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." 1 THE glorious universe around,
The heavens with all their train, Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound In one mysterious chain.
2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky, To form one world agree, Where all that walk, or swim, or fly, Compose one family.
3 In one fraternal bond of love, One fellowship of mind,
The saints below and saints above Their bliss and glory find.
4 Here in their house of pilgrimage, Thy statutes are their song;
There, through one bright, eternal age, Thy praises they prolong.
The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One.
1 THE saints on earth and those above But one communion make: Joined to their Lord in bonds of love, All of his grace partake.
2 One family, we dwell in him; One church above, beneath; Though now divided by the stream, The swelling stream of death.
3 One army of the living God,- To his command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
4 O God, be thou our constant guide! And when the word is given, Sustain us o'er the fearful tide, And bring us safe to heaven.
1 LET party names no miore
The Christian world o'erspread; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ their head.
2. Among the saints on earth Let mutual love be found; Heirs of the same inheritance, With mutual blessings crowned.
3 Let envy and ill-will
Be banished far away; Those should in holy friendship dwell, Who the same Lord obey.
4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above;
Where streams of pleasure always flow, And every heart is love.
1 How blest the sacred tie that binds
In union sweet according minds!
How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, and faith, and hopes are one
2 To each the soul of each how dear! What jealous love, what holy fear! How doth the generous flame within Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin!
3 Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe; Their ardent prayers together rise Like mingling flames in sacrifice.
4 Together shall they seek the place Where God reveals his awful face:
How high, how strong, their raptures swell There's none but kindred souls can tell.
1 OMNISCIENT GOD, 't is thine to know The springs whence wrong opinions flow; To judge from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we sin.
2 Who with another's eye can read, Or worship by another's creed? Revering thy command alone, We humbly seek and use our own. 3 If wrong, forgive; accept, if right, Whilst faithful, we obey our light, And judging none, are zealous still To follow, as to learn, thy will.
4 When shall our happy eyes behold Thy people, fashioned in thy mould? And charity our kindred prove Derived from thee, O God of love?
1 Nor different food, nor different dress, Compose the kingdom of our Lord; But peace, and joy, and righteousness, Faith, and obedience to his word.
2 When weaker Christians we despise, We do the gospel mighty wrong; For God, the gracious and the wise, Receives the feeble with the strong.
3 Let pride and wrath be banished hence, Meekness and love our souls pursue, Nor shall our practice give offence To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.
Private Judgment and Accountability. 1 IMPOSTURE shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye; But sacred truths the test invite, They bid us search and try.
2 With understanding blest, Created to be free,
Our faith on man we dare not rest, Subject to none but thee.
3 Lord, give the light we need; With soundest knowledge fill; From noxious error guard our creed, From prejudice our will.
4 The truth thou shalt impart, May we with firmness own; Abhorring each evasive art, And fearing thee alone.
The fire of love supplies;
Whilst that which often bears the name,
Is self but in disguise.
2 True zeal is merciful and mild, Can pity and forbear;
The false is headstrong, fierce and wild, And breathes revenge and war.
3 While zeal for truth the Christian warms. He knows the worth of peace;
But self contends for names and forms, Its party to increase.
4 Zeal has attained its highest aim, Its end is satisfied,
If sinners love the Saviour's name,- Nor seeks it aught beside.
5 This idol self, O Lord, dethrone, And from our hearts remove; And let no zeal by us be shown But that which springs from love.
1 HAPPY the man whose cautious steps Still keep the golden mean;
Whose life by wisdom's rules well formed, Declares a conscience clean.
2 To sect or party his large soul Disdains to be confined;
The good he loves of every name, And prays for all mankind.
3 His business is to keep his heart; Each passion to control; Nobly ambitious well to rule The empire of his soul.
4 Not on the world his heart is set, His treasure is above;
Nothing beneath the sovereign good Can claim his highest love.
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