Jesus, united by Thy grace

419 Beatitudo. C. M.

1. Jesus, united by Thy grace,
   And each to each endeared,
   With confidence we seek Thy face
   And know our prayer is heard.

2. Help us to help each other, Lord,
   Each other’s cross to bear;
   Let all their friendly aid afford,
   And feel each other’s care.

3. Up onto Thee, our living Head,
   Let us in all things grow;
   Till Thou hast made us free indeed
   And spotless here below.

4. Touched by the lodestone of Thy love,
   Let all our hearts agree,
   And ever toward each other move,
   And ever move toward Thee.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

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I seem to have a penchant for choosing relatively unpopular hymns. This one only occurs in 160 or so hymnals. And, again, as is normal for Wesley hymns, there are many more verses, which Cyberhymnal conveniently lists:

2. Still let us own our common Lord,
   And bear Thine easy yoke,
   A band of love, a threefold cord,
   Which never can be broke.

3. Make us into one spirit drink;
   Baptize into Thy name;
   And let us always kindly think,
   And sweetly speak, the same.

7. To Thee, inseparably joined,
   Let all our spirits cleave;
   O may we all the loving mind,
   That was in Thee receive.

8. This is the bond of perfectness,
   Thy spotless charity;
   O let us, still we pray, possess
   The mind that was in Thee.

9. Grant this, and then from all below
   Insensibly remove:
   Our souls their change shall scarcely know,
   Made perfect first in love!

10. With ease our souls through death shall glide
   Into their paradise,
   And thence, on wings of angels, ride
   Triumphant through the skies.

11. Yet, when the fullest joy is given,
   The same delight we prove,
   In earth, in paradise, in Heaven,
   Our all in all is love.

The overarching theme of this hymn is the heartbeat of the Wesleyan revival: a heart made perfect in love—now, not just in the future. That's why one can say that it is a holiness of heart first and foremost. Behavior follows because, as Paul says in Romans, "love worketh no ill to its neighbor" (KJV).
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