First among the Chris­tian grac­es,
Love the crown­ing vir­tue stands;
Love is taught our high­est du­ty,
In the Sav­ior’s two com­mands;
Love with all thy pow­ers unit­ed,
Love the Lord thy God above,
And re­mem­ber yet an­oth­er,
As thy­self, thy neigh­bor love.

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Love that chang­es not,
Love that chang­es not,
Love that warms the heart to all,
Everywhere we go;
Love with all thy pow­ers unit­ed,
Love the Lord thy God above,
And re­mem­ber yet an­oth­er,
As thy­self, thy neigh­bor love.

Are we lov­ing, are we striv­ing,
To ob­ey our Mas­ter’s will?
We must pray for grace to help us
His com­mand­ments to ful­fill;
We must keep this thought be­fore us,
In the work we try to do,
If we love our dear Re­deem­er,
We must love our neigh­bor, too.

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On the cross, O bless­èd Sav­ior,
Only love in­scribed we see;
By our pa­tient self de­ni­al,
May we prove our love to Thee;
Love Thy first and great com­mand­ment,
Love the Lord thy God above,
Thou hast taught us yet an­oth­er,
As thy­self, thy neigh­bor love.

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