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76. BROTHERLY LOVE

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​Author:  Georges Michel Mangold (1822-1894)​
​Composer:  Unknown

​  1. Wherever, Lord, true love is waning,
      O intervene ere ‘tis too late;
      And may Thy grace effect new ardor,
      Thy Spirit, Lord, new love create!
      For if the flame of love should die,
      The light of faith extinct would lie.
 
  2. O this confession, Lord, I bring Thee,
      In truth and deed it must be told
      That if the flame of love has vanished,
      The heart becomes both void and cold.
      God’s love will conquer all at length;
      It gives His children life and strength.
 
  3. Enfold us with Thy loving mercy;
      O holy Lord, wake us from sleep,
      That we by Thy good Spirit’s guidance
      May onward tread the pathway steep;
      That for perfection we may strive,
      The blessedness of love revive!
 
  4. Love’s first fruits, Lord, do ever nourish,
      For they are pure, sincere and true!
      They cause all selfishness to perish,
      All evil in our hearts subdue;
      Love is the God-like quality
      In which His children we may be.
 
  5. Lo, where the love of God has vanished,
      The holiness of life is lost;
      The love of self has not been banished
      And love no more can cover faults;
      Here peace with God will fade away
      And wantonness soon brings dismay.
 
  6. True love doth fellowship desire,
      It seeks a faithful brother-heart;
      True solace here we can acquire,
      Where hand in hand and heart in heart
      In mutual harmony are bound.
      And Christ’s love has a dwelling found.
 
  7. This charity is friendly, sparing:
      It looks for brotherly accord,
      Is ever patient and forbearing
      And seeks not honor or reward;
      Is clothed in sweet humility,
      From ev’ry taint of evil free.
 
  8. This charity is soon entreated;
      Is not insistent on its right,
      Is never proud or self-conceited
      But finds enjoyment in the light
      Of truth, and righteousness, and peace.
      True charity shall never cease.
 
  9. True charity no ill is seeking,
      Is ready to give others aid;
      And if the world is vengeance wreaking,
      It trusts in God all unafraid,
      Retaining still its confidence
      That God will be a sure defense.
 
10. True love by God has been selected,
      Where it is found, there dwelleth He;
      In all who are with God connected
      Love floweth as within a sea;
      Where real and true love holdeth sway,
      A child of God is found alway.

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      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
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