Great Songs of the Church (Revised) ‎#452

452. Where Charity and Love Prevail

1 Where charity and love prevail,
There God is ever found;
Brought here together by Christ's love,
By love we thus are bound.

2 With grateful joy and holy fear,
God's charity we learn;
Let us with heart and mind and soul
Now love God in return.

3 Let us recall that in our midst
Dwells Christ God's holy Son;
As members of each body joined,
In Him we are made one.

4 Let strife among us be unknown;
Let all contentions cease.
Be God's the glory that we seek;
Be His our only peace.

5 For love excludes no race or clan
That names the Savior's name;
His family embraces all
Whose Father is the same.

6 We now forgive each other's faults
As we our own confess,
That we may love each other well
In Christian gentleness.

Text Information

• First Line: Where charity and love prevail
• Title: Where Charity and Love Prevail
• Author: Omar Westendorf (1961)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 4:1-3
• Topic: Brotherhood; Christian Life; Devotion; Fellowship; Kindness; Love; The Church: Unity
• Source: Latin Hymn Ubi caritas et amor, c. 9th cent.

Tune Information

• Name: TWENTY-FOURTH
• Attributed: Lucius Chapin
• Arranger: Jack Boyd
• Key: F Major
• Source: John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
• Copyright: © 1986, ACU Press