One in Christ

As sweet strains of heav’n­ly mu­sic

Blend in one har­mo­ni­ous sound

So the mem­bers of Christ’s bo­dy

In blest uni­ty are found:

One in mind and one in spir­it

One in doc­trine

faith and love;

One in name—O pre­cious union

Like the an­gel hosts ab­ove.

Not like waves up­on the ocean

Tossing wild­ly

roll­ing high

Or the tem­pest’s great com­mo­tion

As it sweeps across the sky;

But like twi­light

gent­ly steal­ing

O’er the ver­dant

sha­dy lea

So the ho­ly saints in Zi­on

Rest—from all their sins set free.

Blood-washed pil­grims on the high­way

Chant the sweet

me­lo­di­ous strain

Of their free­dom from con­fu­sion

Angels join the glad re­frain:

One with all the hosts of Heav­en

There their names are writ­ten down;

Jesus on­ly

Je­sus ev­er

In their hearts as king they crown.

Love

the theme of all their prais­es

Doth in ho­ly bond unite

All their hearts

in Him made per­fect

Turned from dark­ness in­to light.

Thus the saved in Christ to­ge­ther

Dwell in sac­red uni­ty

In the sec­ret of His pre­sence—

Hid away

dear Lord

in Thee.