Lo, what a pleasing [pleasant] sight

Verse 1

Lo, what a pleasing sight Are brethren that agree! How blest are all whose hearts unite In bonds of piety!

Verse 2

From those celestial springs, Such streams of comfort flow, As no increase of riches brings, Nor honors can bestow.

Verse 3

All in their stations move, And each performs his part, In all the cares of life and love, With sympathizing heart.

Verse 4

Formed for the purest joys, By one desire possesed, One aim the zeal of all employs, To make each other blest.

Verse 5

No bliss can equal theirs, Where such affections meet; While praise devout, and mingled pray'rs, Make their communion sweet.

Verse 6

'Tis the same pleasure fills The breast in worlds above, Where joy like morning dew distils, And all the air is love.