Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: From whence doth this union arise
Topic: Love and Union
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
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Hymn Number: 158
Page Number: 177, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFrom whence doth this union arise,
That hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls in such ties,
That nature and time can't remove;
It could not in Eden be found,
Nor yet in a paradise lost,
It grows on Immanuel's ground,
And Jesus' dear blood it has cost.
My friends are indeed to me dear,
Our hearts are united in love,
Where Christ is, we soon shall appear,
In yonder blest mansion above;
O! why so unwilling to part,
Since there we shall all meet again?
Engrav'd on Immanuel's heart,
At a distance we cannot remain.
And when we shall see that bright day,
United with angels above,
No longer confin'd to our clay,
O'erwhelm'd in the ocean of love,
O! then with our Jesus we'll reign,
And all his bright glories shall see,
And sing Alleluia, amen,
Amen, even so, let it be.