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L. M.
Christian fellowship.
Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake
A hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.
2 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.
3 Forgotten be each worldly theme,
When Christians meet together thus;
We only wish to speak of him
Who lived, and died, and reigns for us.
4 We’ll talk of all he did, and said,
And suffered for us here below;
The path he marked for us to tread,
And what he’s doing for us now.
5 Thus—as the moments pass away—
We’ll love, and wonder, and adore;
And hasten on the glorious day
When we shall meet to part no more.
Newton.