JOHN OXENHAM
NO EAST OR WEST
In God there is no East or West,
In You no South or North;
But one great fellowship of love
Throughout the whole wide earth.
In You do true hearts everywhere
Their high communion find;
Your service is the golden chord
Close-binding humankind.
Join hands, then, comrades of the faith,
Whate’er your race may be:
Who serves our Maker faithfully
Is surely kin to me.
In You now meet both East and West,
In You meet South and North;
All human souls are one in You
Throughout the whole wide earth.