Hand in hand to heaven.
CENTRE of our hopes thou art; 
  
End of our enlarged desires: 
  
Stamp thine image on our heart; 
  
Fill us now with heavenly fires: 
  
Join’d to thee by love divine, 
  
Seal our souls forever thine.
2 All our works in thee be wrought,
  
Level’d at one common aim: 
  
Every word and every thought 
  
Purge in the refining flame: 
  
Lead us, through the paths of peace, 
  
On to perfect holiness. 
3 Let us all together rise,—
  
To thy glorious life restored; 
  
Here regain our Paradise,—
  
Here prepare to meet our Lord: 
  
Here enjoy the earnest given: 
  
Travel hand in hand to heaven.
                          Charles Wesley
                          Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)
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