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Interfaith Services
Before one altar Truth shall Peace embrace, And Love and Justice kneeling shall adore.
A paraphrase of Tennyson's poem by Will Hayes
SERMON
HYMN
GATHER US IN
Gather us in, thou Love that fillest all;
Gather the rival faiths within thy fold; Throughout the nations sound the clarion call; Beneath Love's banner all shall be enrolled !
Gather us in; we worship only thee; In varied names we stretch a common hand; In diverse forms a common soul we see; In many ships we seek one spirit land.
Thine is the mystic life great India craves;
Thine is the Parsee's sin-destroying beam; Thine is the Buddhist's rest from tossing waves;
Thine is the empire of vast China's dream.
Thine is the Roman's strength without his pride; Thine is the Greek's glad world without its graves;
Thine is Judaea's law with love beside, Thine is the Christian's faith - the grace that saves.
Some seek a Father in the heaven above;
Some ask a human image to adore; Some crave a spirit, vast as life and love; Within thy mansions, we have all and more.
Gather us in, thou love that fillest all;
Gather the rival faiths within thy fold; Throughout the nations sound the clarion call; Beneath Love's banner all shall be enrolled !
G. Matheson (altered)
CONCLUDING COLLECT
BENEDICTION
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