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Text:We Would Be One
Author:Sameul Anthony Wright, 1919-
Tune:FINLANDIA
Composer:Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957

318. We Would Be One

1 We would be one as now we join in singing
our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew
to that high cause of greater understanding
of who we are, and what in us is true.
We would be one in living for each other
to show to all a new community.

2 We would be one in building for tomorrow
a nobler world than we have known today.
We would be one in searching for that meaning
which bends our hearts and points us on our way.
As one, we pledge ourselves to greater service,
with love and justice, strive to make us free.

Text Information
First Line: We would be one as now we join in singing
Title: We Would Be One
Author: Sameul Anthony Wright, 1919-
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Humanist Teachings: Humanity: Women and Men; Commitment; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: FINLANDIA
Composer: Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Arr.: The Hymnal, 1933
Copyright: Arr. © 1933, renewed 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education



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