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CHRISTIAN UNION.
‘That they may all be one!’—a blessed pray'r,Echoed by holy hearts, and felt within
As answer'd evermore and everywhere
Among the souls redeem'd from death and sin!
For by whatever name the world may care
To mock those happy ones of earth who win
The prize of our high calling,—still, as One,
They stand together, one in kith and kin,—
Serving The Father, ransom'd by The Son,
And by The Spirit made to live for heaven!
O friends, much loving because much forgiven,
Let us be one in heart throughout the globe,—
Renouncing narrow thoughts and bitter leaven,
One, without rent, as Jesu's woven robe!
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