Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: My Christian friends in bonds of love
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Song 130
Page Number: 202, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy Christian friends in bonds of love,
Whose hearts the sweetest union prove,
Your friendship's like the strongest band,
Yet we must take the parting hand.
Your presence' sweet, our union dear,
What joys we feel together here!
And when I see that we must part,
You draw like cords around my heart.
How sweet the hours have pass'd away
Since we have met to sing and pray,
How loath we are to leave the place
Where Jesus shows his smiling face!
O could I stay with friends so kind,
How would it cheer my fainting mind!
But pilgrims, in a foreign land,
We oft must take the parting hand.
My Christian friends, both old and young,
I trust you will in Christ go on;
Press on and soon you'll win the prize-
A crown of glory in the skies.
A few more days, or years at most,
And we shall reach fair Canaan's coast;
When, in that holy, happy land,
We'll take no more the parting hand.
O blessed day! O glorious hope!
My soul rejoices at the thought,
When, in that holy, happy land
We'll take no more the parting hand.