6 Then, when the mighty work is wrought,
Receive thy ready bride:
Give us in heaven a happy lot
With all the sanctified.
ESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep,
To thee for help we fly:
Thy little flock in safety keep,
For O! the wolf is nigh.
2 He comes, of hellish malice full,
To scatter, tear, and slay;
He seizes every straggling soul
As his own lawful prey.
3 Us into thy protection take,
And gather with thine arm;
Unless the fold we first forsake,
The wolf can never harm.
4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power,
While by our Shepherd's side;
The sheep he never can devour,
Unless he first divide.
5 O do not suffer him to part
The souls that here agree;
But make us of one mind and heart,
And keep us one in thee.
6 Together let us sweetly live,
Together let us die;
And each a starry crown receive,
And reign above the sky.
Striving together for the faith of the Gospel.
NCHANGEABLE, almighty Lord,
Our souls upon thy truth we stay;
Accomplish now thy faithful word,
And give, O give us all one way.
2 O let us all join hand in hand,
Who seek redemption in thy blood;
Fast in one mind and spirit stand,
And build the temple of our God.
3 Thou only canst our wills control,-
Our wild, unruly passions bind;
Tame the old Adam in our soul,
And make us of one heart and mind.
4 Speak but the reconciling word,
The winds shall cease, the waves subside; We all shall praise our common Lord,Our Jesus, and him crucified.
See how these Christians love!
YIVER of concord, Prince of peace,
Bid our unruly passions cease,
By thy atoning blood.
2 Rebuke our rage; our passions chide;
Our stubborn wills control;
Beat down our wrath, root out our pride,
And calm each troubled soul.
3 Subdue in us the carnal mind 1;
Its enmity destroy;
With cords of love our spirits bind,
And melt us into joy.
4 Us into closest union draw,
And in our inward parts
Let kindness sweetly write her law,
And love command our hearts.
5 Saviour, look down with pitying eyes;
Our jarring wills control;
Let cordial, kind affections rise,
And harmonize the soul.
6 0 let us find the ancient way Our wond'ring foes to move,
And force the heathen world to say,— See how these Christians love!
The loadstone of His love.
JESUS, united by thy grace,
each to each endear'd,
With confidence we seek thy face,
And know our prayer is heard.
2 Still let us own our common Lord,
And bear thine easy yoke,-
A band of love, a threefold cord,
Which never can be broke.
3 Make us into one spirit drink;
Baptize into thy name;
And let us always kindly think,
And sweetly speak, the same.
4 Touch'd by the loadstone of thy love,
Let all our hearts agree;
And ever tow'rd each other move,
And ever move tow'rd thee.
5 To thee, inseparably join'd,
Let all our spirits cleave;
O may we all the loving mind
That was in thee receive.
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Of one heart and of one mind.
ESUS, Lord, we look to thee;
Let us in thy name agree;
Show thyself the Prince of Peace;
Bid our jars forever cease.
2 By thy reconciling love,
Every stumbling-block remove;
Each to each unite, endear;
Come, and spread thy banner here.
3 Make us of one heart and mind,-
Courteous, pitiful, and kind;
Lowly, meek, in thought and word,-
Altogether like our Lord.
4 Let us for each other care;
Each the other's burden bear:
To thy Church the pattern give;
Show how true believers live.
5 Free from anger and from pride,
Let us thus in God abide;
All the depths of love express,-
All the heights of holiness.
6 Let us then with joy remove
To the family above;
On the wings of angels fly;
Show how true believers die.
HRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
Perfecting the saints below,
Hear us, who thy nature share,—
Who thy mystic body are.
Join us, in one spirit.join;
Let us still receive of thine:
Still for more on thee we call,
Thou who fillest all in all.
2 Move, and actuate, and guide
Divers gifts to each divide:
Placed according to thy will,
Let us all our work fulfil:
Never from our office move:
Needful to each other prove:
Let us daily growth receive,-
More and more in Jesus live.
3 Sweetly may we all agree,
Touch'd with softest sympathy;
Kindly for each other care;
Every member feel its share.
Many are we now and one,
We who Jesus have put on:
Names, and sects, and parties fall:`
Thou, O Christ, art all in all.
Meeting, after absence.
AND are we yet alive,
And see each other's face?
Glory and praise to Jesus give,
For his redeeming grace.
Preserved by power divine
To full salvation here,
Again in Jesus' praise we join,
And in his sight appear.
2 What troubles have we seen!
What conflicts have we past!
Fightings without, and fears within,
Since we assembled last!
But out of all the Lord
Hath brought us by his love;
And still he doth his help afford,
And hides our life above.
3 Then let us make our boast
Of his redeeming power,
Which saves us to the uttermost,
Till we can sin no more:
Let us take up the cross,
Till we the crown obtain;
And gladly reckon all things loss,
So we may Jesus gain.
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