Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: One sole baptismal sign
Topic: Church/Unity of
Writer: George Robinson
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: HM
Tune: Haddam
Hymn Number: 153
Page Number: 063, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONE sole baptismal sign,
One Lord below, above;
One faith, one hope divine,
One only watchword, love;
From many temples though it rise,
One song ascendeth to the skies.
Our sacrifice is one;
One Priest before the throne--
The slain, the risen Son,
Redeemer, Lord alone;
And sighs from contrite hearts that spring
Our chief, our choicest offering.
O may that holy pray'r,
His tend'rest and His last,
His constant, latest care,
Ere to His throne He pass'd,
No longer unfulfill'd remain
The world's offense, the 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.