Happy church, when all are joined

Verse 1
Happy church, when all are join’d
In one spirit, heart, and mind,
In the truth’s defence agree,
In the bond of charity,
All at Jesus’ glory aim,
All rejoice to speak the same!

Verse 2
None affects dominion there,
Challenges th’ unerring chair,
None the hoodwink’d people guides,
Magisterially decides,
Bids the rest submit to him
Judge infallible, supreme.

Verse 3
On the common good intent
All conspire with one consent,
Peace and concord to restore;
Saints aspire to nothing more,
Only seek by this to prove
Jesus and his church they love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you.’—[Acts 15,] v. 25.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 306.
Publishing: Public Domain