Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Preachers, 1

O Lord, our strength and righteousness,
Our base, and head, and corner-stone,
Our peace with God, our mutual peace,
Unite, and keep Thy servants one,
That while we speak in Jesus' name,
We all may speak, and think the same.
That Spirit of love to each impart.

That fervent mind, which was in Thee,
So shall we all our strength exert.

In heart, and word, and deed agree
To' advance the kingdom of Thy grace,
And spread Thine everlasting praise.

O never may the fiend steal in,
Or one unstable soul deceive:
Assail'd by our besetting sin,
And tempted sore the work to leave.
Preserve us. Lord, from self and pride,
And let nor life, nor death divide.
1 00 Hymns for the Preachers
Pride, only pride, can cause divorce,
Can separate 'twixtour souls and Thee;
Pride, only pride, is discord's source.

The bane of peace and charity:
But us it never more shall part,
For Thou art greater than our heart.
Wherefore to Thine almighty hand
The keeping of our hearts we give,
Firm in one mind and spirit stand,
To Thee, and to each other cleave,
Fix'd on the Rock which cannot move.
And meekly safe in humble love.