Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#252

252. In Christ There Is No East or West

1. In Christ there is no east or west,
In him no south or north,
But one great fellowship of love
Thru'out the whole wide Earth.

2. In him shall true hearts ev'rywhere
Their high communion find.
His service is the golden cord
Close binding humankind

3. Join hands, then, children of the faith,
Whate'er your race may be!
Who serves my Father as a child
Is surely kin to me.

4. In Christ now meet both east and west,
In him meet south and north;
All Christly souls are one in him,
Thru'out the whole wide Earth.

Text Information

• First Line: In Christ there is no east or west
• Title: In Christ There Is No East or West
• Author: William Arthur Dunkerley (1908)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 4:4-6
  ;
  Ephesians 2:14-16
  ;
  1 John 1:3
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 13
• Notes: Text by British writer William Arthur Dunkerley (a.k.a. John Oxenham), from The Pageant of Darkness and Light (1908), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: McKEE
• Arranger: Harry T. Burleigh (1940)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Incipit: 13555 56776
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Tune McKEE, adapt. and arr. by Episcopal composer Harry T. Burleigh from the spiritual “The Angels Changed My Name,” published on broadsheets in 1940, then in the Episcopal Hymnal 1940 (1943).