The Hymnal ‎#403

403. O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother

1 O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother;
Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
To worship rightly is to love each other,
Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

2 For he whom Jesus loved has truly spoken:
The holier worship which He deigns to bless
Restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken,
And feeds the widow and the fatherless.

3 Follow with reverent steps the great example
Of Him whose holy work was doing good;
So shall the wide earth seem our Father's temple,
Each loving life a psalm of gratitude.

4 Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangor
Of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease;
Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,
And in its ashes plant the tree of peace.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother
• Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: Brotherhood; Fellowship; Peace, International
• Copyright: Text used by permission of The Very Reverend the Abbot of Downside.

Tune Information

• Name: WELWYN
• Composer: Alfred Scott-Gatty (1847-1918)
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10.
• Key: F Major