By A Collection of Hymns

      7s & 6s. Ecclesiastes iv. 9 - 12.
      1 TWO are better far than one
      For counsel or for fight;
      How can one be warm alone,
      Or serve his God aright?
      Join we then our hearts and hands,
      Each to love provoke his friend;
      Run the way of his commands,
      And keep it to the end.

      2 Woe to him whose spirits droop,
      To him who falls alone!
      He has none to lift him up,
      To help his weakness on:
      Happier we each other keep,
      We each other's burdens bear;
      Never need our footsteps slip,
      Upheld by mutual prayer.

      3 Who of twain hath made us one,
      Maintains our unity,
      Jesus is the corner-stone,
      In whom we all agree;
      Servants of one common Lord,
      Sweetly of one heart and mind,
      Who can break a threefold cord,
      Or part whom God hath joined?

      4 O that all with us might prove
      The fellowship of saints!
      Find supplied, in Jesu's love,
      What every member wants:
      Grasp we our high calling's prize,
      Feel our sins on earth forgiven,
      Rise, in his whole image rise,
      And meet our Head in heaven!