2 Among the saints on earth Let mutual love be found; Heirs of the same inheritance, With mutual blessings crown'd. 3 Thus will the church below Resemble that above; Where streams of bliss forever flow, 693 Love the test of discipleship. C. M. UR God is love; and all his saints OUR The heart with love to God inspired, 2 None who are truly born of God Then may we love each other, Lord, 3 Heirs of the same immortal bliss, 694 Sweet communion. OLEST are the sons of peace, BLEST Whose hearts and hopes are one; S. M. Whose kind designs to serve and please 2 Blest is the pious house Where zeal and friendship meet; Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. 3 Thus on the heavenly hills The saints are blest above, Where joy like morning dew distils, 695 The bond of perfectness. HE sacred bond of perfectness THE Is spotless charity; O let us, Lord, we pray, possess C. M. 2 Grant this, and then from all below Our souls the change shall scarcely know, 3 With ease our souls through death shall glide Into their paradise; And thence on wings of angels ride 696 7th P. M. 8 lines 7s. Sweet counsel. YLORY be to God above, Gr God, from whom all blessings flow; Make we mention of his love; We are met in Jesus' name; Foll'wers of the bleeding Lamb. 2 Let us then sweet counsel take, How to make our calling sure; Our election how to make, Past the reach of hell, secure : Build we each the other up; Constant joy, and lasting peace. Of our paradise possess❜d:- To his image here restored, 697 All-uniting faith. ET all in whom the Spirit glows, C. M. 2 Then shall the world, admiring, view And own the Son divinely true, 698 One fold and one shepherd. YIVER of peace and unity, GT L. M. T Send down thy mild, pacific Dove; We all shall then in one agree, And breathe the spirit of thy love. 2 We all shall think and speak the same Delightful lesson of thy grace: One undivided Christ proclaim, 4 Regard thine own eternal prayer, 5 So shall the world believe and know 699 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. Bear ye one another's burdens. THO Ready thy choice to' approve, Enter into thy wise design, 2 Why hast thou cast our lot To see each other's face;- 3 Didst thou not make us one, And bear each other's pain;- 4 Surely thou didst unite Before thy throne appear; Meet at the marriage of the Lamb, 5 Then let us ever bear The blessed end in view, To fight our passage through; And then transport away, Away to our eternal rest, Away to our Redeemer's breast. 700 And so fulfil the law of Christ. C. M. us, O God, and search the ground Of every sinful heart: TRY Whate'er of sin in us is found, 2 If to the right or left we stray, 3 Help us to help each other, Lord, 4 Help us to build each other up; 5 Up into thee, our living Head, Till thou hast made us free indeed, |