Keep the unity of spirit, <br />Keep it in the bonds of peace, <br />So alone shall we inherit <br />Hope, and truth, and blessedness. <br />Unity-the link'd communion, <br />Which with spirits, spirits hold, <br />Love, the all-entrancing union, <br />Scattering blessings manifold. <br />To the Christian feasts, invited, <br />Welcoming and hallowing each, <br />All accordant, all united, <br />What sweet sympathy they speak, <br />Willing service, free allegiance, <br />Dear dependence, peaceful bond; <br />Earth, the scene of love's obedience; <br />Heaven, the recompense beyond.<br /><br />John Bowring<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/christian-unity/
