In unity and peace, O, may I ever live

Verse 1

In unity and peace, O, may I ever live! And not in strife or bitterness, But bear and to forgive.

Verse 2

May I of Jesus learn! A meek and humble mind; And may it be my chief concern To be for ever kind.

Verse 3

May I with patience bear! What may be laid on me; Not in presumption or dispair: In neither let me be.

Verse 4

The workings of thy love! And pow'r of grace divine, Can fit me for thy courts above And seal me ever thine.

Verse 5

O! may the Gospel word, With all the means of grace, Fit me to love thee, O my Lord! To serve thee all my days.