All praise to our redeeming Lord,
Who joins us by his grace;
And bids us, each to each restored,
Together seek his face.
He bids us build each other up;
And, gathered into one,
To our high calling’s glorious hope,
We hand in hand go on.
The gift which He on one bestows,
We all delight to prove;
The grace through every vessel flows,
In purest streams of love.
E’en now we think and speak the same,
And cordially agree;
Concentered all, through Jesus’ name,
In perfect harmony.
We all partake the joy of one;
The common peace we feel;
A peace to sensual minds unknown,
A joy unspeakable.
And if our fellowship below
In Jesus be so sweet,
What height of rapture shall we know
When round his throne we meet!
Charles Wesley
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Methodist Preacher 01.31.10 at 1:33 pm
There is a story behind this hymn:
http://methodistpreacher.blogspot.com/2009/09/all-praise-to-our-redeeming-lord.html
Richard 01.31.10 at 2:28 pm
Clearly this hymn has something to say to situations of conflict. That’s why I posted it.
Can you give a source for the story? I haven’t seen it anywhere else.
fat prophet 01.31.10 at 2:52 pm
I love this hymn ans my wife and I always smile at the one verse because of something that happened at a friend’s wedding. The bride’s mother had typed the service sheets and the words of the hymns and had changed peace for peach which of course gave us the ‘common peach’. I always have this vision of a peach being passed around the congregation.
Richard 01.31.10 at 2:56 pm
That’s a great story, fp
Dave Walker could turn it into a cartoon!
Kim 01.31.10 at 4:36 pm
On the other hand, there is the old Irish toast:
To live above with saints we love
will be the purest glory.
To live below with saints we know -
now that’s a different story!
Richard 01.31.10 at 4:41 pm
I’ll raise my glass to that.
Methodist Preacher 01.31.10 at 5:37 pm
Richard, I’m trying to get an email address for you for that very purpose (Paul is going to send it to me later today). I will be in touch off-line. David.
Richard 01.31.10 at 6:21 pm
Clicking ‘contact’ at the top of the page will do the trick.