The test of discipleship

693 C. M.
Love the test of discipleship.

OUR God is love; and all his saints
   His image bear below:
   The heart With love to God inspired,
   With love to man will glow.

2 None who are truly born of God
   Can live in enmity;
   Then may we love each other, Lord,
   As we are loved by thee.

3 Heirs of the same immortal bliss,
   Our hopes and fears the same,
   With bonds of love our hearts unite,
   With mutual love inflame.

4 So may the unbelieving world
   See how true Christians love;
   And glorify our Saviour’s grace,
   And seek that grace to prove.
                          Bickersteth's Collection
                          Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)