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Text:Brotherly Love

133a. Brotherly Love

1 Lo! what an entertaining sight
Those friendly brethren prove,
Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite
Of harmony and love!

2 Where streams of bliss from Christ the spring
Descends to ev'ry soul,
And heav'nly peace with balmy wing
Shades and bedews the whole.

3 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet
On Aaron's rev'rend head,
The trickling drops perfum'd his feet,
And o'er his garments spread.

4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews
That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shews,
And makes his grace distil.

Text Information
First Line: Lo! what an entertaining sight
Title: Brotherly Love
Meter: Common Metre
Language: English
Publication Date: 1793
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Notes: Public Domain.
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