Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake
Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake. John Newton* (1725-1807).
From Olney Hymns (1779). It was in Book II, ‘On occasional Subjects’, in a section entitled ‘Providences’. It was Hymn LXX, entitled ‘A welcome to christian friends’:
Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake, A hearty welcome here receive; May we together now partake The joys which only he can give!
To you and us by grace ’tis giv’n, To know the Saviour’s precious name; And shortly we shall meet in heav’n, Our hope, our way, our end, the same.
May he, by whose kind care we meet, Send his good Spirit from above, Make our communications sweet, And cause our hearts to burn with love!
Forgotten be each worldly theme, When...
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