I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Words: Marshall C. Kurfees, in the New Christian Hymn and Tune Book, edited by James H. Fillmore (Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Brothers, 1887).
Music: Alexander C. Hopkins (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Hopkins (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
How blest and how joyous will be the glad day,
When heart beats to heart in the work of the Lord;
When Christians united shall swell the grand lay,
Divisions all ended, triumphant His word!
Refrain
O shout the glad word, O hasten the day,
When all of God’s people are one;
O shout the glad word, O hasten the day,
When all of God’s people are one;
The prayer of our Savior impels us move on;
Its words are still sounding the call of our king;
And Paul, in devotion, doth echo the song,
I beg you, my brethren, to speak the same thing.
Refrain
Be faithful and true till the warfare is o’er,
Till factions are foiled and the vict’ry is won;
And millions of voices shall blend on the shore,
To welcome us enter our Father’s glad home.
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