Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Hymnal: The Worshipbook #484 (1972) Meter: 11.10.11.10 First Line: O brother man, fold to thy heart your brother Lyrics: 1 O brother man, fold to your heart your brother;
Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
To worship rightly is to love each other,
Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.
2 For he whom Jesus loved has truly spoken:
The holier worship which he deigns to bless
Restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken,
And feeds the widow and the fatherless.
3 Follow with reverent steps the great example
Of him whose holy work was doing good;
So shall the wide earth seem our Father's temple,
Each loving life a psalm of gratitude.
4 Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangor
Of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease;
Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,
And in its ashes plant the tree of peace.
Amen. Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances Stewardship; Other Observances World Peace Scripture: Galatians 6:2 Tune Title: WELWYN
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