No Form of Human Framing

No form of hu­man fram­ing

No bond of out­ward might

Can bind Thy Church to­ge­ther

Lord

And all her flocks unite;

But

Je­sus

Thou hast told us

How uni­ty must be:

Thou art with God the Fa­ther one

And we are one in Thee.

The mind that is in Je­sus

Will guide us into truth

The hum­ble

op­en

joy­ful mind

Of ev­er-learn­ing youth;

The heart that is in Je­sus

Will lead us out of strife

The giv­ing and for­giv­ing heart

That fol­lows love in life.

Wherever men ad­ore Thee

Our souls with them would kneel;

Wherever men im­plore Thy help

Their trou­ble we would feel;

And where men do Thy serv­ice

Though know­ing not Thy sign

Our hand is with them in good work

For they are al­so Thine.

Forgive us

Lord

the fol­ly

That quar­rels with Thy friends

And draw us near­er to Thy heart

Where ev­ery dis­cord ends;

Thou art the crown of man­hood

And Thou of God the Son;

O Mas­ter of our ma­ny lives

In Thee our life is one.