How good it is for brethren

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1 How good it is for brethren
Who know each other well,
In unity together
On this fair earth to dwell!
In unity together
On this fair earth to dwell!

2 As dew from lofty Hermon
Into the valley flows,
So God upon the brethren
His choicest gifts bestows,
So God upon the brethren
His choicest gifts bestows.

3 And thro' them He reneweth
That city fair and free,
Where souls, by sin polluted,
Shall pure and spotless be.
Where souls, by sin polluted,
Shall pure and spotless be.

4 And all the chosen people
Shall there His face behold
And be with Him forever,
One Shepherd and one fold,
And be with Him forever,
One Shepherd and one fold.

Source: American Lutheran Hymnal #643

Author: K. F. G. Wetzel

Wetzel, Karl Friedrich Gottlob, also Wezel; b. 1779 (1780 according to some sources); d. 1819; doctor and poet Go to person page >

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First Line: How good it is for brethren
German Title: Wie lieblich ist's hienieden
Author: K. F. G. Wetzel
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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