Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Our souls by love together knit
Topic: Love and Union
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 136
Page Number: 123, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOur souls by love together knit,
Cemented, mix'd in one;
One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice,
'Tis heav'n on earth begun;
Our hearts have burn'd while Jesus spoke.
And glow'd with sacred fire,
He stopp'd, and talk'd, and fed, and bless'd,
And fill'd th' enlarg'd desire.
We're soldiers fighting for our God,
Let cowards trembling fly;
We'll stand unshaken, firm and fix'd,
With Christ to live and die;
Let devils rage and hell assail,
We'll cut our passage thro',
Let foes unite, and friends desert,
We'll seize the crown our due.
The little cloud increases still,
The heav'ns are big with rain;
We haste to catch the teeming show'r,
And wash away our stain;
A rill, a stream, a torrent flows,
But pour a mighty flood;
O sweep the nations, shake the earth,
Till all proclaim thee God.
And when thou mak'st thy jewels up,
And sett'st thy starry crown,
When all thy sparkling gems shall shine,
Proclaim'd by thee thy own;
May we, we little band of love,
We sinners sav'd by grace,
From glory into glory chang'd,
Behold thee face to face.