The Church — Zeal and Union

Jesus, Lord, we look to thee

No. 1027
Metre 7s.
Tune NUREMBERG.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Johann Rudolf Ahle.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 4/4
6 stanzas

Words

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Jesus, Lord, we look to thee;Let us in thy name agree;Show thyself the Prince of peace;Bid all strife forever cease.

By thy reconciling loveEvery stumbling-block remove;Each to each unite, endear;Come, and spread thy banner here.

Make us of one heart and mind,Courteous, pitiful, and kind,Lowly, meek, in thought and wordAltogether like our Lord.

Let us for each other care,Each the other's burden bear;To thy Church the pattern give,Show how true believers live.

Free from anger and from pride,Let us thus in God abide;May our daily life expressConstant love and holiness.

Let us then with joy removeTo the family above;On the wings of angels flyTo our mansions in the sky.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—ZEAL AND UNION.»; hymn number «1027» (large), tune name «NUREMBERG. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; the «s» a small capital), «JOHANN RUDOLF AHLE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line per system, with «1.» before «Je-»: «1. Je - sus, Lord, we look to thee; Let us in thy name a - gree;» under system 1 and «Show thy - self the Prince of peace; Bid all strife for - ev - er cease.» under system 2. Stanzas 2–6 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «821, 457, 720.» in bold italic figures (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 821, 457 or 720); they are numbered «2»–«6» without periods (written «2.»–«6.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book) and their lines are not indented. «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 6. Stanza 3 line 3 («Lowly, meek, in thought and word») ends without punctuation, as printed. In the text stanzas the print sets a thin space before «;» («remove ;», «endear ;», «bear ;», «abide ;», «above ;»); it is closed up here, and the printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («other's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.