Scripture Verse

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Philippians 2:1–2

Introduction

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John B. Dykes (1823–1876)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems 1742, pag­es 86–87.

Music: St. Ag­nes John B. Dykes, in the Hym­nal for Use in the Eng­lish Church, by John Grey, 1866 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Jesu, unit­ed by Thy grace,
And each to each en­deared,
With con­fi­dence we seek Thy grace,
And know our pray­er is heard.

Still let us own our com­mon Lord,
And bear Thy 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.

Touched by the lode­stone of Thy love,
Let all our hearts agree,
And ev­er to­ward each oth­er move,
And ev­er move to­wards 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 giv’n,
The same de­light we prove,
In earth, in pa­ra­dise, in Heav’n,
Our all in all is love.