UNITY

To maintain unity, that's the thing
As we serve Jesus Christ, our Lord and King;
To be one in heart and soul and mind;
To put our differences behind
In all we do and think and say;
'Tis for that unity we pray.

To be united in our common cause
Is essential, friend, to the church because
Without it Christ is not what we preach
And souls for Him we cannot reach.
That is our purpose, let us not forget,
That the premises of His commission be met —

That we should preach, baptize and teach,
That souls for Him we may truly reach;
That is our cause — we have no other —
It's that which is paramount, my brother,
Not buildings, large, small, fancy, plain,
But in Christ alone is our great gain!

In His great Name we must go forth
To south and east and west and north,
To preach the Word of God to men
That we might win some of them.
Christ is the One on whom we call
For 'tis He who died for one and all.

a. franklin staples

July 4, 1993

Copyright © 1993 by A. Franklin Staples