One

 

From one another make us one

From many voices raise one song

A single mind and heart become

United to stand and to belong.

 

Oh fan the flame of every heart

Until the fire consumes us all

Mingled one from many parts

In one baptism and one call

 

With one hope and one faith unite

Your own fromnations far and wide

So we shall walk within one light

All bound up in the crucified

 

Make us one Oh  Triune Lord

One with  your perfect unity

Entwined like one three stranded cord

Of harmony  holiness and mystery.

 

Anthony Foster

March 22, 2004

 

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