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O therefore give Thy Love and peace,
Join foes in stronger bands,
And let all sad divisions cease
Through our redeeméd lands.

4 Arise, and stem this tide of woe,
Of heartache, and of pain:

Call back Thy flock, and make them know
Bright days of joy again:

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peace

and wealth the lands restore,

Wasted with Satan's sword:

And bid Thy churches bloom once more,
Thou everlasting Lord!

From Miss Winkworth. 1855.
Tr. Paul Gerhardt. 1648.

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Festival of the Reformation.

C. M.

1 LORD, not to us, we claim it not,
To Thee be all the praise,
That no profane and sinful spot
Our mother Church o'erlays:
That, as in her primeval days,
From intermediate stain

Cleansed by Thy Word, to Thee she pays
Unsullied rites again.

2 To no material form confined,

A spirit pure alone,

We serve Thee not in likeness shined
Of bread, or wood, or stone:

Nor saint nor angel at Thy throne
We crave to intercede,

With Thee for our misdeeds atone,
With Thee for mercy plead.

3 But far remote we seek Thy face,
Hid in Thy heavenly seat:

And, sole Transmitter of Thy grace,
The Savior's Name entreat:

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And thus to Thee with honor meet
We hymn the grateful lay,
Whose Word recalled our erring feet,
And warned us how to pray.

4 To Thee, adored in ages past,
Eternal One and Three,

To Thee, whose worship aye shall last,
In trinal Unity:

To Thee, O Father; Son, to Thee;
And Thee, O Spirit blest,

By saints on earth all glory be

With saints in heaven addrest!

Richard Mant. 1837. a.

Ein feste Burg.

1 A SAFE Stronghold our God is still,
A trusty Shield and Weapon:
He helps us free from all the ill
That hath us now o'ertaken.
Our old deadly foe

Now aims his last blow:

Deep guile and strong power
He boasteth in this hour:

On earth is not his equal.

2 By strength of ours can naught be done,
Full soon we were down-ridden;
But for us fights the valiant One,
Whom God Himself hath bidden.
Dost thou ask His name?
Christ Jesus! the same
Who rules with His rod;

There is no other God:

He holds the field forever.

3 Though Satan's hosts the earth should fill,

All watching to devour us,

We tremble not, we fear no ill;
They cannot overpower us.

This world's prince may still
Scowl fierce as he will;
His threats are but vain,
We shall unharmed remain :
A word shall overthrow him.

4 God's Word unshaken yet shall stand,
Whatever foes invade us.
He fighteth for us in the land,
With gifts and grace to aid us.
They may take our life,

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Goods, fame, children, wife;
When their worst is done,
They have but little won:
The kingdom ours abideth!

From Thomas Carlyle. 1838.
And William M. Reynolds. 1863.
Tr. Martin Luther. 1529.

PSALM 137.

I LOVE Thy Zion, Lord,
The house of Thine abode;

The Church our blest Redeemer saved
With His own precious Blood.

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I love Thy Church, O God!
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And graven on Thy hand.

For her my tears shall fall;
For her my prayers ascend:

To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

S. M.

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Jesus, Thou Friend divine,
Our Savior and our King,

Thy hand from every snare and foe
Shall great deliverance bring.

Sure as Thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given

The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven.

Timothy Dwight. 1800.

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H. M.

1

ONE sole baptismal sign,

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One Lord, below, above,

Zion, one faith is thine,

One only watch-word, Love.

From different temples though it rise,
One song ascendeth to the skies.

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Our Sacrifice is one;

One Priest before the throne,

The slain, the risen Son,

Redeemer, Lord alone.

Thou who didst raise Him from the dead,
Unite Thy people in their Head!

Oh, may that holy prayer,

His tenderest and His last,
His constant, latest care,

Ere to His throne He passed,

No longer unfulfilled remain,

The world's offence, His people's stain!

Head of Thy Church beneath,
The catholic, the true,

On all her members breathe,

Her broken frame renew!

Then shall Thy perfect will be done,
When Christians love and live as one.

G. Robinson. 1843. a.

274 Herz und Herz vereint Zusammen.
1 JESUS, truest Friend, unite

All Thy consecrated band,
That their hearts be set aright
To fulfil Thy last command.

2 Thou who dost command that all
Practise love who bear Thy name,
Wake the dead, new followers call,
Touch the slothful with Thy flame.
3 Let us live, O Lord, at one,

As Thou with the Father art;
That through all the world be none
Of Thy members left apart.

4 Let us find what Thou hast sought;
In the Son be all men freed,
And the world at last be taught

That Thy rule is blest indeed.
5 Father of all souls, we praise

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Thee, who shinest in the Son;
Lord, to Thee our hymns we raise,
Who hast all men to Thee drawn!
Miss Winkworth. 1855. a.

7s.

Tr. Nicholas Louis, Count Zinzendorf. 1725.

C. P. M.
1 MAY we Thy precepts, Lord, fulfil,
And do on earth our Father's will,
As angels do above:

Still walk in Christ, the living Way,
With all Thy children, and obey
The law of Christian love.

2 So may we join Thy Name to bless,
Thy grace adore, Thy power confess,
From sin and strife to flee:

One is our calling, one our name,
The end of all our hopes the same,
A crown of life with Thee.

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