Scripture Verse

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Leviticus 19:18

Introduction

Words: Ma­ri­on D. Sa­vage, 1913.

Music: Mar­low John Che­tham, Book of Psal­mo­dy 1718 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Teach us, O Lord, true bro­ther­hood,
In dai­ly thought and deed,
That we may tread with hum­ble heart,
The path where Thou dost lead.

Help us to spurn a life of ease,
While bro­thers la­bor long
In mill and mart to give us bread,
And la­bor with­out song.

Cast from our hearts, O Lord of life,
Our self­ish­ness and pride,
Help us to choose the toil­er’s part,
And suf­fer by his side.

Give us the cour­age, Lord, to fight
With Thee all greed of gold,
To fight un­til Thy king­dom’s won,
Thy king­dom long fore­told.

Love then shall reign su­preme o’er all,
O’er heart and mind and hand,
Eternal love and bro­ther­hood
In all this storm tossed land.

With vi­sion clear and stead­fast heart
So let us fol­low Thee,
E’en though it be that wea­ry road
Which leads to Cal­va­ry.