Kindred in Christ, for His dear sake,
A hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now partake
The joys which only He can give.

May He by whose kind care we meet
Send His good Spirit from above;
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.

Forgotten be each worldly theme
When Christians meet together thus;
We only wish to speak of Him
Who lived, and died, and reigns for us.

We'll talk of all He did and said,
And suffered for us here below;
The path He marked for us to tread,
And what He's doing for us now.

Thus as the moments pass away,
We'll love, and wonder, and adore;
And hasten on that glor'ous day
When we shall meet to part no more.