Hymns For Christian Devotion

By J.G. Adams

395. -- The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One.

395. C. M. C. Wesley. The Church on Earth and in Heaven, One.

1 The saints on earth and those above
But one communion make:
Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,
All of his grace partake.

2 One family, we dwell in him;
One church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream,
The swelling stream of death.

3 One army of the living God, --
To his command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 O God, be thou our constant guide!
And when the word is given,
Sustain us o'er the fearful tide,
And bring us safe to heaven.