See How These Christians Love

Verse 1

Giver of concord, Prince of Peace, Meek, lamb-like Son of God, Bid our unruly passions cease, O quench them with Thy blood.

Verse 2

Rebuke our rage, our passions chide, Our stubborn wills control, Beat down our wrath, root out our pride, And calm each troubled soul.

Verse 3

Subdue in us the carnal mind, Its enmity destroy, With cords of love our spirits bind, And melt us into joy.

Verse 4

Us into closest union draw, And in our inward parts Let kindness sweetly write her law, And love command our hearts.

Verse 5

O let Thy love our hearts constrain! Jesus the Crucified! What hast Thou done our hearts to gain! Languished, and groaned, and died.

Verse 6

Who would not now pursue the way Where Jesu’s footsteps shine? Who would not own the pleasing sway Of charity divine?

Verse 7

Savior, look down with pitying eyes, Our jarring wills control, Let cordial, kind affections rise, And harmonize the soul.

Verse 8

Thee let us feel benignly near With all Thy quickening powers The sounding of Thy bowels hear, And answer Thee with ours.

Verse 9

O let us find the ancient way, Our wondering foes to move, And force the heathen world to say, See how these Christians love!