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A Song of Peace

Author: Lloyd Stone; Georgia Harkness; Bryan Jeffery Leech Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: This is my song Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

Christ For the World We Sing

Author: Samuel Wolcott Appears in 408 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN

In Christ There Is No East or West

Author: John Oxenham Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: In Christ there is no East of West Used With Tune: ST. PETER

These things shall be: a loftier race

Author: John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth World Friendship and Peace; Brotherhood; Friendship, World; International Peace; Peace, International; Social Progress Lyrics: 1 These things shall be: a loftier race Than e'er the world hath known, shall rise With flame of freedom in their souls And light of knowledge in their eyes. 2 They shall be gentle, brave, and strong, To spill no drop of blood, but dare All that may plant man's lordship firm On earth, and fire, and sea, and air. 3 Nation with nation, land with land, Unarmed shall live as comrades free; In every heart and brain shall throb The pulse of one fraternity. 4 New arts shall bloom of loftier mold, And mightier music thrill the skies, And every life shall be a song, When all the earth is paradise. Amen. Used With Tune: TRURO

Koinonia

Author: V. Michael McKay Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: How can I say that I love the Lord Used With Tune: [How can I say that I love the Lord]

The Bond of Love

Author: Otis Skillings, b.1935 Meter: 8.8.12.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: We are one in the bond of love Scripture: John 13:34 Used With Tune: BOND OF LOVE

America the Beautiful

Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 506 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. 2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine. 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Scripture: Exodus 16:6 Used With Tune: MATERNA

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Author: John Fawcett, 1740-1817 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,273 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share each other's woes, Each other's burdens bear; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free; And perfect love and joy shall reign Through all eternity. Scripture: Colossians 3:14 Used With Tune: DENNIS

Old Time Religion

Meter: Irregular Appears in 323 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood and World Peace First Line: It was good for Paul and Silas Refrain First Line: Give me that old time religion Lyrics: Refrain: Give me that old time religion, Give me that old time religion, Give me that old time religion, It's good enough for me. 1 It was good for Paul and Silas, It was good for Paul and Silas, It was good for Paul and Silas, It's good enough for me. [Refrain] 2 It was good for the Hebrew children, It was good for the Hebrew children, It was good for the Hebrew children, It's good enough for me. [Refrain] 3 It was good for our mothers, It was good for our mothers, It was good for our mothers, It's good enough for me. [Refrain] 4 Makes me love ev'ry body, Makes me love ev'ry body, Makes me love ev'ry body, It's good enough for me. [Refrain] Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:5 Used With Tune: OLD TIME RELIGION Text Sources: Traditional