The Cyber Hymnal ‎#534

534. Brothers, Joining Hand to Hand

1. Brothers, joining hand to hand,
In one bond united,
Pressing onward to that land
Where all wrongs are righted:
Let your words and actions be
Worthy your vocation;
Chosen of the Lord, and free,
Heirs of Christ’s salvation.

2. Christ, the Way, the Truth, the Life,
Who hath gone before you
Through the turmoil and the strife,
Holds His banner o’er you;
All who see the sacred sign
Press towards Heav’ns portal,
Fired by hope that is divine,
Love that is immortal.

3. They who follow fear no foe,
Care not who assail them;
Where the Master leads, they go,
He will never fail them;
Courage, brothers! we are one,
In the love that sought us;
Soon the warfare shall be done,
Through the grace He brought us.

Text Information

• First Line: Brothers, joining hand to hand
• Title: Brothers, Joining Hand to Hand
• Author: John Warner (1900)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Sixty Supplemental Hymns (Uckfield, England: J. Brooker & Sons, 1900)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: COTTMAN, Arthur Cottman, 1842-1879; ST. KEVIN, Arthur S. Sullivan, 1872

Tune Information

• Name: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM
• Composer: Johann Roh (1544)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 11551 23654 32111
• Key: F Major
• Source: Ein Gesangbuch der Brüder im Behemen und Merherrn (Nürnberg, Germany: 1544)
• Copyright: Public Domain