Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Hymnal: Voices United #594 (1996) Meter: 11.10.11.10 First Line: O Christian, love your sister and your brother! Lyrics: 1 O Christian, love your sister and your 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 Follow with reverent steps the great example:
Jesus whose holy work was doing good;
so shall the wide earth seem a hallowed temple,
each loving life a psalm of gratitude.
4 Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangour
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. Topics: Church in the World Discipleship: Love in Action; Church Community in Christ; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; Love for Others; Easter 3 Year A; Proper 5 Year A; Proper 18 Year A; Proper 14 Year B; Proper 17 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 18 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC Tune Title: WELWYN
O Christian, Love