'Tis a pleasant thing to see

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1 ‘Tis a pleasant thing to see
brothers in the Lord agree,
sisters of a God of love
live as they shall live above,
acting each a Christian part,
one in word and one in heart.

2 Where divine affection lives,
there the Lord his blessing gives;
there his will on earth is done;
there his heav'n is half begun.
Great Example from above,
teach us all like you to love.

Source: Moravian Book of Worship #670

Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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First Line: 'Tis a pleasant thing to see
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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