Scripture Verse

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. 1 Peter 2:17

Introduction

Words: Har­ry L. Crain, 1906.

Music: Schu­mann, from Can­ti­ca Lau­dis, by Lo­well Ma­son & George J. Webb (New York: Ma­son & Law, 1850) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Crain (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

O bless­èd Son of God,
In love and faith we plead,
That Thou wouldst bind our minds and hearts
In bro­ther­hood of need.

Our el­der bro­ther Thou,
Whose he­ri­tage we share,
Our kin­dred lives we of­fer Thee,
In bro­ther­hood of pray­er.

Thou didst the will of Him
Who sent Thee from above;
Thou send­est us, as He sent Thee,
In bro­ther­hood of love.

To serve Thy king­dom, Lord,
To qui­et sin’s tur­moil,
Do Thou or­dain and con­se­crate
Our bro­ther­hood of toil.

Thou man of Ga­li­lee,
O wilt Thou live again,
Abide with­in, con­trol, in­spire,
Our bro­ther­hood of men.