Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #563 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 My brethren from my heart belov'd,
Whose welfare fills my daily care,
My present joy, my future crown,
The word of exhortation hear.
2 Stand fast upon the solid rock
Of the Redeemer's righteousness:
Adorn the gospel with your lives,
And practise what your lips profess.
3 With pleasure meditate the hour,
When he, descending from the skies,
Shall bid your bodies, mean and vile,
In his all-glorious image rise.
4 Glory in his dear, honor'd name,
To him inviolably cleave:
Your all he purchas'd by his blood,
Nor let him less than all receive.
5 Such is your pastor's faithful charge,
Whose soul desires not yours, but you;
O may he, at the Lord's right hand,
Himself and all his people view! Topics: Kingdom and Church of Christ Pastoral; The Pastor's wish for his People Scripture: Philippians 4:1
My brethren, from my heart belov'd