Friend's Parting Hymn

Our souls by love together knit,

Cemented mix'd in one,

One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice,

'Tis heav'n on earth begun;

Our hearts have burn'd while Jesus spoke,

And glow'd with sacred fire

He stop'd and talk'd and fed, and bless'd,

And fill'd th' inlarg'd desire.

We're soldiers fighting for our God,

Let trembling cowards fly;

We'll stand unshaken firm and fix'd

With Christ to live and die:

Let devils rage and hell assail,

We'll cut our passage through;

Let foes unite and friends desert,

We'll seize the crown our due.

The little cloud increases still,

The heav'ns are big with rain;

We haste to catch the teeming show'r,

And all its moisture drain:

A rill, a stream, a torrent flows,

But pour the mighty flood;

O sweep the nations, shake the earth,

Till all proclaim thee God.

And when thou mak'st thy jewels up

And sets thy starry crown,

When all thy sparkling gems shall shine,

Proclaim'd by thee thine own;

May we, we little band of love

Be sinners sav'd by grace,

From glory into glory chang'd,

Behold thee face to face.