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Text:In Christ there is no east or west
Author:John Oxenham, pseud., 1852-1941
Tune:ST BERNARD

620. 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
throughout the whole wide earth.

2 In Christ shall true hearts everywhere
their high communion find.
His service is the golden cord
close-binding humankind.

3 Join hands, then, people of the faith,
whate’er your race may be.
All children of the living God
are surely kin to me.

4 In Christ now meet both east and west,
in Him meet south and north.
All Christlike souls are one in Him,
throughout the whole wide earth.

Text Information
First Line: In Christ there is no east or west
Author: John Oxenham, pseud., 1852-1941 (alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Copyright: © Desmond Dunkerley
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST BERNARD
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Tochter Sion, Cologne, 1741; Adapt.: Easy Hymns for Catholic Schools, 1851



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