CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow,By A Collection of Hymns 7s. 1 CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow, Perfecting the saints below, Hear us, who thy nature share, Who thy mystic body are.
2 Join us, in one spirit join, Let us still receive of thine; Still for more on thee we call; Thou who fillest all in all. 3 Closer knit to thee, our Head; Nourish us, O Christ, and feed! Let us daily growth receive, More and more in Jesus live. 4 Jesus, we thy members are, Cherish us with kindest care, Of thy flesh and of thy bone, Love, for ever love thine own! 5 Move, and actuate, and guide: Divers gifts to each divide; Placed according to thy will, Let us all our work fulfil; 6 Never from our office move, Needful to each other prove; Use the grace on each bestowed, Tempered by the art of God. 7 Sweetly may we all agree, Touched with softest sympathy; Kindly for each other care; Every member feel its share. 8 Wounded by the grief of one, Now let all the members groan; Honoured if one member is, All partake the common bliss. 9 Many are we now and one, We who Jesus have put on; There is neither bond nor free, Male nor female, Lord, in thee! 10 Love, like death, hath all destroyed, Rendered all distinctions void; Names, and sects, and parties fall: Thou, O Christ, art all in all! Back to A Collection of Hymns index.
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