English poem
Let Party Names No More.
by Hezekiah Butterworth (1839–1905)
Let party names no more The Christian world o'erspread; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ the Head.
This hymn of Rev. Benjamin Beddome sounds like a prelude to the grand rally of the Christian Churches a generation later for united advance into foreign fields. It was an after-sermon hymn--like so many of Watts and Doddridge--and spoke a good man's longing to see all sects stand shoulder to shoulder in a common crusade.
Tune--Boylston.