Hymn: How long, O Lord, his brother's blood
- Title:
- First Line: How long, O Lord, his brother's blood
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: William Gaskell
- Born: 1805
- Died: 1884
- Gender: M
Full Text
How long, O Lord, his brother's blood Shall man in battle spill? How long that mandate be withstood, Which cries, “Thou shalt not kill?” How long shall glory still be found In scenes of cruel strife, Where misery walks, a giant crowned, Crushing the flowers of life? O, hush, great God! the sounds of war, And make Thy children feel That he, with Thee, is noblest far, Who toils for human weal;— And though forgotten, he alone Can be a Christian true Who would his foes as brethren own, And still their good pursue.