Jesus, united by Thy grace,
And each to each endeared,
With confidence we seek Thy
face
And know our prayer is heard.
Still let us own our common
Lord,
And bear Thine easy yoke,
A band of love, a threefold
cord,
Which never can be broke.
Make us into one spirit
drink;
Baptize into Thy Name;
And let us always kindly
think,
And sweetly speak, the same.
Help us to help each other,
Lord,
Each other’s cross to bear;
Let all their friendly aid
afford,
And feel each other’s care.
Up onto Thee, our living
Head,
Let us in all things grow;
Till Thou hast made us free
indeed
And spotless here below.
Touched by the lodestone of
Thy love,
Let all our hearts agree,
And ever toward each other
move,
And ever move toward Thee.
To Thee, inseparably
joined,
Let all our spirits cleave;
O may we all the loving mind,
That was in Thee receive.
This is the bond of
perfectness,
Thy spotless charity;
O let us, still we pray,
possess
The mind that was in Thee.
Grant this, and then from
all below
Insensibly remove:
Our souls their change shall
scarcely know,
Made perfect first in love!
With ease our souls through
death shall glide
Into their paradise,
And thence, on wings of
angels, ride
Triumphant through the skies.
Yet, when the fullest joy
is given,
The same delight we prove,
In earth, in paradise, in
heaven,
Our all in all is love.
