Make Us One

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Sally DeFord

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stand a - mid un - cer - tain - ty Where is our com - fort in tra -

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souls be filled with char - i - ty, Then shall all hate and an - ger

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vail? How shall we walk a - mid in - firm - i - ty, when fee - ble

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cease, And though we strive a - mid ad - ver - si - ty, yet shall we

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Make Us One (SATB)-1
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limbs are worn and frail? And as we pass through mor - tal
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find thy per - fect peace. So shall we- stand de - spite- our

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sor - row, how shall our hearts a - bide the day? Where is the

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weak - ness, So shall our strength be strength e - nough, We bring our

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strength the soul may bor - row? Teach us thy way, teach us thy
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hearts to thee in meek - ness, Wilt thou)

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way, °
love? Make us one that our bur - dens may be light, Make us

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Both verses: (Make us one)

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one, as we seek e - ter - nal life, U - nite our hands to serve thy chil - dren

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(Make us one)

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well, U - nite us in o - be - dience to thy will, Make us

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chil - dren well)

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one, Teach us, Lord, to be of one faith, of one heart, One in

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this heart of stone, and make it flesh, e - ven as thine

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mind, Lord make us thine, Oh make us thine! Make us

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one (make us one) that our bur - dens may be light, Make us - one (make us one) as we

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(as we)

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(that our) (make us one)

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seek e - ter - nal life, U - nite our hands to serve thy chil - dren well, U -

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nite us in o - be - dience to thy will, Make us one, teach us Lord to

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be, Of one faith, of one heart, one in thee.

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One in thee.

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