Brethren in Christ, and Well Beloved

Brethren in Christ

and well-bel­oved

To Je­sus and His serv­ants dear

Enter and show your­selves ap­proved;

Enter

and find that God is here.

Welcome from earth: lo

the right hand

Of fel­low­ship to you we give!

With op­en hearts and hands we stand

And you in Je­su’s name re­ceive.

Say

are your hearts re­solved as ours?

Then let them burn with sac­red love;

Then let them taste the heav’n­ly pow­ers

Partakers of the joys above.

Jesu

at­tend

Thys­elf re­veal!

Are we not met in Thy great name?

Thee in the midst we wait to feel

We wait to catch the spread­ing flame.

Thou God that an­swer­est by fire

The Spir­it of burn­ing now im­part;

And let the flames of pure de­sire

Rise from the al­tar of our heart.

Truly our fel­low­ship be­low

With Thee and with the Fa­ther is;

In Thee eter­nal life we know

And Heav’n’s un­ut­ter­able bliss.

In part we on­ly know Thee here

But wait Thy com­ing from ab­ove;

And we shall then be­hold Thee near

And we shall all be lost in love.