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One baptism, and one faith, One lord, below, above! The fellowship of Zion hath One only watchword,—Love. From different temples though it rise, One song ascendeth to the skies. Our Sacrifice is one; One priest before the throne,— The crucified, the risen Son, Redeemer, Lord alone! And sighs from contrite hearts that spring, Our chief, our choicest offering. Oh, why should they who love One Gospel to unfold, Who look for one bright home above, On earth, be strange and cold? Why, subjects of the Prince of Peace. In strife abide, and bitterness? Oh, may that holy prayer, His tenderest and his last, The utterance of his latest care, Ere to his throne he pass’d,— No longer unfulfill’d remain The world’s offence, the people’s stain! Head of thy church beneath, The catholic,—the true,— On her disjointed members breathe, Her broken frame renew! Then shall thy perfect will be done When Christians love and live as one.
One baptism, and one faith, One lord, below, above! The fellowship of Zion hath One only watchword,—Love. From different temples though it rise, One song ascendeth to the skies. Our Sacrifice is one; One priest before the throne,— The crucified, the risen Son, Redeemer, Lord alone! And sighs from contrite hearts that spring, Our chief, our choicest offering. Oh, why should they who love One Gospel to unfold, Who look for one bright home above, On earth, be strange and cold? Why, subjects of the Prince of Peace. In strife abide, and bitterness? Oh, may that holy prayer, His tenderest and his last, The utterance of his latest care, Ere to his throne he pass’d,— No longer unfulfill’d remain The world’s offence, the people’s stain! Head of thy church beneath, The catholic,—the true,— On her disjointed members breathe, Her broken frame renew! Then shall thy perfect will be done When Christians love and live as one.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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