Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Kindred in Christ for his dear sake
Topic: Church/Hand of Fellowship
Writer: John Newton
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 145
Page Number: 053, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsKINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake
A hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.
May he, by whose kind care we meet,
Send his good Spirit from above,
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.
Forgotten be each worldly theme,
When Christians meet together thus;
We only wish to speak of him
Who lived, and died, and reigns for us.
Thus, as the moments pass away,
We'll love, and wonder, and adore;
And hasten on the glorious day
When we shall meet to part no more.