One sole baptismal sign

Verse 1

One sole baptismal sign, One Lord, below, above— Zion, one faith is thine, One only watchword: love. From different temples though it rise, One song ascendeth to the skies.

Verse 2

Our sacrifice is one; One priest before the throne— The slain, the risen Son, Redeemer, Lord alone! And sighs from contrite hearts that spring, Our chief, our choicest offering.

Verse 3

Oh, why should they who love One gospel to unfold, Who seek one home above, On Earth be strange and cold? Why, subjects of the Prince of Peace, In strife abide, and bitterness?

Verse 4

Oh, may that holy prayer, His tend’rest and his last, His constant, latest care, Ere to his throne he passed— No longer unfulfilled remain, The world’s offense, his people’s stain!

Verse 5

Head of thy Church beneath, The universal, true, On all her members breathe, Her broken frame renew! Then shall thy perfect will be done When Christians love and live as one.