Hymn
Brotherly Love
Lo! what an entertaining sight
Those friendly brethren prove
Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite
Of harmony and love!
Where streams of bliss from Christ, the spring,
Descend on every soul;
And heavenly peace with balmy wing
Shades and revives the whole.
'Tis pleasant as the morning dews
That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shown,
And makes his grace distill.
Brotherly Love — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/brotherly-love-2
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Brotherly Love?
The words of Brotherly Love were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Longing after God; or The Love of God Better than Life and Watchfulness and Brotherly Love.
Is Brotherly Love public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Brotherly Love?
Brotherly Love is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, All-sufficiency of the Gospel, Jesus, United by Thy Grace and That Awful Day Will Surely Come.