Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#205

205. Come, let us join our friends above

1 Come, let us join our friends above,
That have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joy celestial rise.

2 Let all the saints terrestrial sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In earth and heaven, are one.

3 One family, we dwell in Him,
One Church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

4 One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of His host has crossed the flood,
And part is crossing now.

5 E'en now by faith we join our hands
With those that went before,
And greet the blood-besprinkled bands
On the eternal shore.

6 Lord Jesus, be our constant Guide,
And when the word is given,
Bid the cold waves of death divide,
And land us all in heaven.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us join our friends above
• Author: Charles Wesley (1759. a)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917

Tune Information

• Name: LANCASTER
• Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major