Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Come dear friends we are all brethren
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s and 7s
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Hymn Number: 606
Page Number: 316, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME, dear friends, we all are brethren.
Bound for Canaan's happy land;
Come, unite and walk together;
Christ, our leader, gives command.
Cease to boast of party merit,
Wound the cause of God no more
Be united by his Spirit:
Zion's peace again restore.
We'll not dare to bind your conscience,
This in Christ is ever free:
We would aid you every effort,
And in him united be.
Here his word-the great criterion-
This must and our doctrine prove,
Christ the centre of our union,
And the bond of christian love.
Now our hand, our heart and spirit,
Here in fellowship we give;
Let us love and peace inherit,
Show the world how christians live.
We'll be one in Christ our Saviour,
Male and female, bond and free!
Christ is all in all forever,
In him we shall blessed be.
Now the world will be constrained
To believe in Christ our King;
Thousands, millions, be converted,
Round the world his praise shall ring.
Happy day! O joyful hour!
Thank the Lord, his name we'll bless;
Spread thy word-O God-thy power;
Fill the world with righteousness.