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Text:Forgive, O Lord, Our Severing Ways
Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
Tune:O MENSCH SIEH

476. Forgive, O Lord, Our Severing Ways

1 Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways,
The rival altars that we raise,
The wrangling tongues that mar Thy praise.

2 Thy grace impart; in time to be
Shall one great temple rise to Thee—
One Church for all humanity.

3 White flowers of love its walls shall climb,
Soft bells of peace shall ring its chime,
Its days shall all be holy time.

4 A sweeter song shall then be heard,
Confessing, in a world's accord,
The inward Christ, the living Word.

5 That song shall swell from shore to shore,
One hope, one faith, one love restore
The seamless robe that Jesus wore.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways
Title: Forgive, O Lord, Our Severing Ways
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1883; alt.)
Meter: 8. 8. 8.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture:
Topic: Church, The: Church Triumphant; Fellowship; Penitence (2 more...)
Copyright: Words used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company, authorized publishers.
Tune Information
Name: O MENSCH SIEH
Meter: 8. 8. 8.
Key: d minor
Source: Bohemian Brethren's Gesangbuch, 1566



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