Family Affection from Religious Principles.
1 How pleasing, Lord! to see,
How pure is the delight,
When mutual love, and love to thee,
A family unite!
2 From these celestial springs
Such streams of comfort flow,
As no increase of riches brings,
Nor honors can bestow.
3 No bliss can equal theirs,
Where such affections meet;
While mingled praise and mingled prayers
Make their communion sweet.
4 'Tis the same pleasure fills
The breast in worlds above;
Where joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.