Bear Ye One Another's Burdens

Verse 1

Thou God of truth and love, We seek thy perfect way, Ready thy choice t' approve, Thy providence t' obey, Enter into thy wise design, And sweetly lose our will in thine.

Verse 2

Why hast thou cast our lot In the same age and place? And why together brought To see each other's face; To join with softest sympathy, And mix our friendly souls in thee?

Verse 3

Didst thou not make us one, That we might one remain, Together travel on, And bear each other's pain, Till all thy utmost goodness prove, And rise renew'd in perfect love?

Verse 4

Surely thou didst unite Our kindred spirits here, That all hereafter might Before thy throne appear; Meet at the marriage of the Lamb, And all thy glorious love proclaim.

Verse 5

Then let us ever bear The blessed end in view, And join with mutual care, To fight our passage through; And kindly help each other on, Till all receive thy starry crown.

Verse 6

O may thy Spirit seal Our souls unto that day! With all thy fulness fill, And then transport away! Away to our eternal rest, Away to our Redeemer's breast!