The Universal Bond of Love

Verse 1

The glorious universe around, The heavens with all their train, Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound In one mysterious chain.

Verse 2

The earth, the ocean, and the sky To form one world agree; Where all that walk, or swim or fly, Compose one family.

Verse 3

God in creation thus displays His wisdom and his might, While all his works with all his ways Harmoniously unite.

Verse 4

In one fraternal bond of love, One fellowship of mind, The saints below and saints above Their bliss and glory find.

Verse 5

Here, in their house of pilgrimage, Thy statutes are their song; There, through one bright, eternal age, Thy praises they prolong.

Verse 6

Lord, may our union form a part Of that thrice happy whole; Derive its pulse from thee, the heart, Its life from thee, the soul.